On Nov 5, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote:
>>> I made the smaller portion a full 80 GB. The used area is 38.53 GB >>> and the free area is 41.47 GB, which adds up to 80 GB. The message >>> I got said I needed 42.4 so the Time Machine wouldn't work. I think >>> 41.47 GB is plenty of space to make a few upgrades. Why do you have time machine set on the smaller volume? The scheme is: Large drive: 80G partition: bootable backup partition, regularly clone system drive here, using SuperDuper or CCC. 179G partition: Use for Time machine. Time Machine stores an ongoing incremental backup of your stuff, including things you deleted, so you can always restore to a point in time anywhere between the initial backup and the last backup. This means it will require a larger drive (depending on how much file churn you have on your system) a MUCH larger drive than the volume you're backing up. If the 179G partition is complaining it's out of space, then you need a larger hard drive, or you need to reconsider using Time Machine. If your system is one where you routinely work on a bunch of large projects that you move to your computer and then delete, making room for the next large project, Time Machine is going to require a very large volume, or Time Machine isn't actually a good solution for you. You can exclude folders in Time Machine's prefs, so if you constantly churn large work files on and off your disk that are adequately backed up on other media (such as video raw footage and final DVD's) you can store that material in a folder you exclude from Time Machine. I exclude my Mail folders form TM because I have an IMAP mail service...getting all my mail back is a simple matter of setting up the account. So I don't back it up, which eliminates a huge area of file churn that would rapidly eat away at Time Machine's space. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
