> From: Andrew Conachey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 12:13:26 -0500 > To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PCI] Apple System Picker > > In a message Fluxstringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > <<Wont Apple Drive Setup do this ?>> > > Yes, but it will erase the data on the partitions. I would like to > create a new partition without having to first erase my data. > -- > Andrew Conachey > I think I am facing a similar situation. I have a PM 6500 with an external 30 gig HD. (To the List "nanny": forgive me this one reference please because it definitely involves my 6500). I want to switch my Macs from one room to another (my 6500 to a bedroom & the G3 running OS10.3 to the living room.) I intend to maintain the Classic Environment on the "new" one & would like to just attach the aux. HD I have on the 6500 to the other Mac. Now, I have a complete back up copy of my 6500 HD (sans a few recent things) on the Aux. HD & would like to be able just to keep it where it is & hook it to the new one. However, I would like to be able to partition it without removing all the info on it? As I am running OS 9.1 (& will have to upgrade to OS 9.2.2 before the other Mac will run the Classis) I understand that the Apple Screen Picker will not work with the OS 9 or 9+ setup. Is there any other way to partition this HD without wiping it clean? I can do it, of course, (I have reinitialized my built-in HD from scratch) but it would save me a lot of time if I didn't have to "recopy" everything to the Aux. HD.
I have so many Classic Programs that I am not about to "junk" them just because I inherited a newer Mac., things like an Astronomy Program that allows you to pick from "where" you would like to view the Universe--such as from Venus instead of the Earth, a lot of Language Programs, Great Museums of the World, an entire copy of the Bible with more than one "translation & commentary", etc., etc. And I will not buy a newer version, even if available, just to accommodate OS 10. LOL! I LOVE my 6500. I've had it about 7 years & it's solid as a rock. Besides, there's nothing I'm interested in doing that I can't do on it! But I couldn't "look a gift horse in the mouth", so took the G 3 & have already done some upgrading on it. LOL. Since I have it, I would like to partition the Aux HD to accommodate both OS 9+ & OS 10+. I have a new foreign student moving into that bedroom, so need to do some switching of computers. Ginny > -- > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
