> > > My internal hard drive has three partitions, OS 9 (which I am using > > > now), OS X, which won't boot up, and Data. I created these > > > partitions in case of terminal problems developing with one > > > partition as seems to have happened here, but I'm not sure what > > > needs to be done to solve it now. > > > > On the other hand you could take this opportunity to re-partition > > your drive to a single partition. There is normally no benefit in > > partitioning with OS X and several reasons why it's a bad idea. OS X > > will be happiest with the largest amount of free space possible and > > you don't need to put OS 9 on its own partition either - you'll still > > be able to boot into OS 9 if it's on the same one as OS X.
just a comment on the partition issue: the way you partition (or if you partition at all) largely depends on what the use of the machine is. For example, if working with music, you would greatly benefit from a well thought of partition scheme. Your partition scheme is very sensible for a general purpose machine. I'm not sure why it should be bad for the OS at all. It certainly isn't for unix, linux and so on, and OS X is unix. In addition, the separate OS 9 partition is a very very good idea, that has saved me from disaster in more than one occasion. Say OS X won't boot up because a micro-sized grain of dust is getting dangerously close to your RAM chip, off you go booting up in OS 9 and star trouble-shooting/saving your data, etc. Apart from that, nothing stops you using the OS 9 partition for apps/data or anything which is used by OS X as well. You might look at it as another data or apps partition with a reasonably sized boot system on it that does not interfere with your other activities. As it happens, partitioning is a matter of personal computing practices and actual application of the machine in question (probably discussed manymany times before) cheers, gianfranco -- GMX DSL = Maximale Leistung zum minimalen Preis! 2000 MB nur 2,99, Flatrate ab 4,99 Euro/Monat: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.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/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
