On Apr 6, 2009, at 1:28 PM, Steve R wrote: > > My G3 iMac and B&W both have the 120GB limit, and I just partitioned > the drives so that both partitions were less than 100GB. Why all the > concern of getting the 128GB so exact?
One would think that the boundary wouldn't matter as long as you made the partition smaller than 128GB. As far as that partition is concerned, you're right - it won't make a difference. But if you have a partition crossing that 128GB boundary, it could be in for a world of trouble if the driver fails or the PRAM gets reset. Say for instance you have a 160GB drive, and partition it with a 100GB and 60GB (OK, Kris, a 50GB) partition. If your hack gets zapped, your 100GB partition is still fully accessible by the Mac. But anything on that 50GB partition could be corrupted if any writes happen to it. If your first partition ends exactly at the 128GB boundary, and you lose your hack, no problemo. Eric --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
