(You should start a new thread for this topic and move it to G-Books.) Well, I'm running 9.2.2 on my Wallstreet. My system folder is about 300MB with just about every option installed. I have a total of 170 items in my Extensions folder... 626MB seems a bit extreme to me. You must have some bloat installed - that's larger than the entire OS 9 CD if you dragged it and dropped it onto your hard disk!
I'd suggest that you have some 3rd party software that is installing a ton of shared libraries into your extensions folder... AOL, Macromedia, Adobe, and Microsoft products tend to install a host of shared libraries. What's great about shared libraries, though, is that they don't have to be in the Extensions folder... If only 1 application is using the shared library (somewhat defeating the purpose of a _shared_ library), it can be placed in the same folder as that application. When the application launches, the shared library gets loaded into memory. It gets purged when the app quits. (The same should be true for shared libraries in the Extensions Folder). So, you can remove shared libraries from the extensions folder without too many worries, but it won't reduce the amount of memory your system takes up. 66MB seems about right. OS 9.1 tends to take 45-55MB on all the machines on which I run it (G3 tower, 6100, Wallstreet) no matter how much memory is installed (192, 72, ~320). 9.2.2 takes about 60MB on my Wallstreet and beige G3 - I haven't even thought about running it on my 6100.... ;-) I, for one, would say that 9.x (9.1 or 9.2) IS the sweet-spot operating system for true G3/G4 machines. It's stable, has tons of features... etc and was really written for G3/G4 based systems. If you have a G4, stick w/ OS 9. A quick search in Sherlock for shared libraries on my system (Custom search on file type "shlb") showed 576 shared libraries installed. Over 90% of them were NOT in my System Folder or any sub directory. Of those 90%, the HUGE majority belong to Mozilla (or Netscape 7). Peace, Drew -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://homepage.mac.com/alk/> "Anyone can fly, all you have to do is throw yourself at the ground and miss." -Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
