On Saturday, August 31, 2002, at 12:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> They suggest partitioning because it is best. It makes both inot a > sepeart > hard drive rather than trying to run two seperate OS from the same > drive. > > If you plan on doing the bulk of your work from OSX, then make that the > bigger drive, especially if you only need OS9 for small left over > things like > opening up older folders. > > You will need more room in OSX partition than in OS9. > > Best of luck > Ok, I'll take up the other side of the argument... Who is "they" that are doing the suggesting? And what is "best" for some may not be best for all. If it were so much better, would not the new machines come from Apple with the "best" partitioning scheme already installed? Each additional partition comes with an added degree of desktop clutter, and a more complex file system hierarchy. Logically one might put OS-9 files and apps on one partition and OS-X files and apps on the other. Then you'll need to decide where you are going to put those Carbon apps for convenient access... and where will you put your AppleWorks6 documents, for example? Or will you split those up, too, depending on whether you were booted into OS 9 or X when they were created? Then there's the file back-up strategy that needs to be considered. Will you back up all of your partitions together, or just all of one and parts of the other? Will you backup documents together or separately from the multiple partitions? An efficient back-up strategy becomes more complex as more partitions become involved, Unless you plan ahead, you will invariably end up with related files (files that you'd want to back-up together) spread across the various partitions. All other things being equal, disk fragmentation becomes more of a problem sooner (if it becomes a problem at all) on two smaller partitions than it does on a single larger one. And if your disk suffers a mechanical failure, multiple partitions certainly won't be any benefit. Some might argue that partitioning gives you a fall-back if your Mac won't boot into your primary partition. I would counter that by suggesting that you already have an emergency boot partition in the form of your OS install disk (or DiskWarrior disk, or TechToolPro disk, or Norton disk, or whatever). There are simple instructions on how to create your own custom emergency CD (at least to get the machine running in OS-9 so you can minimally run DiskFirstAid or your favorite diagnostic application). Whether to partition or not to partition is not a matter of which is best, but rather a matter of choice. One exception involves early G3s that are limited to having their boot partitions in the first 8 GB of the hard disk. If you install a larger disk on one of these machines, you must partition it to comply with this hardware limitation if you expect to boot from that disk. I can tell you that there is absolutely no problem with having a single partition where OS-8.6, OS-9.2, and OS-X (and even SoftWindows98) all live happily together. Unless you have a specific reason for partitioning your hard drive, it seems that, at least for the average user, the simplest approach is to just have a single partition, if possible. John at Wood-n-Shavings, Inc. San Antonio, Texas -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
