Re: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-05 Thread David George Hogg 
Yeah, i've done it.
On 4 Dec 2003, at 19:46, Frank P. Eigler wrote:
Can you actually "boot into" OS 9?

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, David George Hogg wrote:

Yeah, well it is more organised and working just now for booting into
and running classic from.
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Subject: Re: Partition my drive or not...
David George Hogg wrote:

I quite honestly think that it easier and simpler to use one
partition,
I have 1 on my Dual-USB (20GB) iBook, using Panther, and for classic 
I

logged into the root user and put the classic folder in the "System"
directory under a folder named classic-
Macintosh HD > System > Classic > System Folder
Applications
I think it is simpler and less clumsy this way.
David.
Oy! A man who like to play with fireApple updaters do not always
honor changes made to the System folder hierarchy. It's entirely
possible some system upgrade in the future will wipe that thing out.

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Re: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
On 12/4/03 12:07 PM, "Harry D.  Corsover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> - On 12/4/03 6:20 AM MDT (-0600), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, in
> part:
> 
>> After playing with partitions on my desktop at home and my old iBook, I
>> found no speed or safety benefits. When I bought my new 15" alBook I left it
>> unpartitioned. However, should disaster strike, I have the drive cloned to
>> an external drive I keep at home and that drive has been cloned to a DVD
>> that I carry in my briefcase. Having said that, I've come to the decision
>> that being prepared provides two benefits - first, should disaster strike
>> I'll be ready and second, keeps the computer gods from sending disaster in
>> the first place. Going back four PowerBooks, I haven't experienced a single
>> drive failure or data loss.
>> 
>> david
> 
> David,
> 
> My 15"AlBook should arrive today. It has an 80GB drive. I also have a 200
> MB FireWire 800 drive on order from LaCie. My plan is not to mess with
> partitions (for the same reasons you mention) and to clone the drive to
> the external. I've (yes, it's true!) never even burned a CD, let alone a
> DVD. Unless I'm mistaken, you must have very little on your AlBook drive
> if you can clone it to a DVD. How much data do they hold?
> 
A DVD holds about 4.5 gig - more than enough to store my system and most
important applications/data. I have to admit my DVD clone doesn't contain
all my applications or data but my 'short' note was getting very long so I
didn't go into the details of how/what I clone to DVD or my scheme for
backing up my data on a weekly/daily basis.

I'm using about 26g of my drive all told and I'm still slowly moving in.
This is the first time I've owned a notebook that has such a big hard drive
that I don't have to think about what I need and what has to be left behind.

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Re: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-04 Thread Frank P. Eigler 
Can you actually "boot into" OS 9?

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, David George Hogg wrote:

> Yeah, well it is more organised and working just now for booting into
> and running classic from.
> David.
>
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> -Original Message-
> From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce
> Johnson
> Sent: 04 December 2003 18:29
> To: G-Books
> Subject: Re: Partition my drive or not...
>
> David George Hogg wrote:
>
> > I quite honestly think that it easier and simpler to use one
> partition,
> > I have 1 on my Dual-USB (20GB) iBook, using Panther, and for classic I
>
> > logged into the root user and put the classic folder in the "System"
> > directory under a folder named classic-
> > Macintosh HD > System > Classic > System Folder
> > Applications
> > I think it is simpler and less clumsy this way.
> > David.
>
> Oy! A man who like to play with fireApple updaters do not always
> honor changes made to the System folder hierarchy. It's entirely
> possible some system upgrade in the future will wipe that thing out.
>
>

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Re: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-04 Thread David George Hogg 
Yeah, well it is more organised and working just now for booting into
and running classic from.
David.

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Johnson
Sent: 04 December 2003 18:29
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Subject: Re: Partition my drive or not...

David George Hogg wrote:

> I quite honestly think that it easier and simpler to use one
partition, 
> I have 1 on my Dual-USB (20GB) iBook, using Panther, and for classic I

> logged into the root user and put the classic folder in the "System" 
> directory under a folder named classic-
> Macintosh HD > System > Classic > System Folder
> Applications
> I think it is simpler and less clumsy this way.
> David.

Oy! A man who like to play with fireApple updaters do not always 
honor changes made to the System folder hierarchy. It's entirely 
possible some system upgrade in the future will wipe that thing out.

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Re: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-04 Thread Bruce Johnson 
David George Hogg wrote:

I quite honestly think that it easier and simpler to use one partition, 
I have 1 on my Dual-USB (20GB) iBook, using Panther, and for classic I 
logged into the root user and put the classic folder in the "System" 
directory under a folder named classic-
Macintosh HD > System > Classic > System Folder
Applications
I think it is simpler and less clumsy this way.
David.
Oy! A man who like to play with fireApple updaters do not always 
honor changes made to the System folder hierarchy. It's entirely 
possible some system upgrade in the future will wipe that thing out.

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Re: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-04 Thread David George Hogg 
On 4 Dec 2003, at 11:20, Luis Sequeira wrote:

 >> Should I partition my drive when I install 10.2? What are the pros
 and cons?
 If you partition you drive to keep 9 on a separate partition, should
 you need to do a clean OS X install, you won't have to re-install 9.
 Plus, it makes troubleshooting easier since the folders from OS 9 
are
 not mixed up with those from OS X.
I personally wouldn't do it.  It is possible to do an archive and
install instead of a completely clean install with the OS X 
installer. This will leave your user data and any other installations 
in place on
your drive and not clobber them upon install.  There shouldn't be a
need to do a complete clean install unless you wipe the drive and then
you'll be needing a backup anyway.

If you feel the need to partition I would only do a small OS 9
partition in addition to the OS X partition.  Every time I partition a
drive for personal use in hopes of more efficient organization I
eventually run out of space on one partition or another.  Depends on
your usage, of course...
I always partition my drives because this allows for
My 60GB TiBook drive has 4 partitions, roughly one for  the System, 
one for Applications and stuff, and two for video work (which can then 
be kept defragmented, since I can erase them whenever I need) - for 
some people, this might be used for a large iTunes library, for 
example.

Keeping most of my applications in a separate partition  has saved me 
huge amounts of time when I recently installed Panther;  moreover, I 
had cloned my Jaguar system to one the video partitions, which allowed 
me a safety net in case something wrong happened (which it didn't). 
With this setup I was able too clean install panther with minimum 
hassle. It would have been a lot more painful if I had a 
nonpartitioned drive.

Luis



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I quite honestly think that it easier and simpler to use one partition, 
I have 1 on my Dual-USB (20GB) iBook, using Panther, and for classic I 
logged into the root user and put the classic folder in the "System" 
directory under a folder named classic-
Macintosh HD > System > Classic > System Folder
			Applications
I think it is simpler and less clumsy this way.
	David.

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Re: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-04 Thread Laurent Daudelin 
On 04/12/03 12:07, "Harry D.  Corsover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> - On 12/4/03 6:20 AM MDT (-0600), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, in
> part:
> 
>> After playing with partitions on my desktop at home and my old iBook, I
>> found no speed or safety benefits. When I bought my new 15" alBook I left it
>> unpartitioned. However, should disaster strike, I have the drive cloned to
>> an external drive I keep at home and that drive has been cloned to a DVD
>> that I carry in my briefcase. Having said that, I've come to the decision
>> that being prepared provides two benefits - first, should disaster strike
>> I'll be ready and second, keeps the computer gods from sending disaster in
>> the first place. Going back four PowerBooks, I haven't experienced a single
>> drive failure or data loss.
>> 
>> david
> 
> David,
> 
> My 15"AlBook should arrive today. It has an 80GB drive. I also have a 200
> MB FireWire 800 drive on order from LaCie. My plan is not to mess with
> partitions (for the same reasons you mention) and to clone the drive to
> the external. I've (yes, it's true!) never even burned a CD, let alone a
> DVD. Unless I'm mistaken, you must have very little on your AlBook drive
> if you can clone it to a DVD. How much data do they hold?

A writable DVD usually holds around 4.7GB.

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Re: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-04 Thread Harry D . Corsover 
- On 12/4/03 6:20 AM MDT (-0600), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, in 
part:

>After playing with partitions on my desktop at home and my old iBook, I
>found no speed or safety benefits. When I bought my new 15" alBook I left it
>unpartitioned. However, should disaster strike, I have the drive cloned to
>an external drive I keep at home and that drive has been cloned to a DVD
>that I carry in my briefcase. Having said that, I've come to the decision
>that being prepared provides two benefits - first, should disaster strike
>I'll be ready and second, keeps the computer gods from sending disaster in
>the first place. Going back four PowerBooks, I haven't experienced a single
>drive failure or data loss.
>
>david

David,

My 15"AlBook should arrive today. It has an 80GB drive. I also have a 200 
MB FireWire 800 drive on order from LaCie. My plan is not to mess with 
partitions (for the same reasons you mention) and to clone the drive to 
the external. I've (yes, it's true!) never even burned a CD, let alone a 
DVD. Unless I'm mistaken, you must have very little on your AlBook drive 
if you can clone it to a DVD. How much data do they hold?

Thanks,

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Re: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-04 Thread gdadams1 
I know the 65k limit was lifted. That was not the point of including the link. The 
point was how allocation blocks are set. Alsoft's Ask Al had this information, which 
would tend to indicate that partitioning a large drive reduces the wasted space--a 1k 
file will use one allocation block, if that block is 8k or 4k. Or am I missing 
something here?


"With Mac OS 9.0, HFS Plus disks are initialized with only two allocation block sizes. 
Those disks less than or equal to 256 MB have .5 K allocation blocks while all other 
disks have 4 K allocation blocks. This change was made to bring the rules in line with 
the rules then expected for Mac OS X.

"As it turns out, Mac OS X will have slightly different rules and Mac OS 9.1 was 
updated to reflect them. It adds a larger allocation block size for larger HFS Plus 
disks. Disks larger than 220 GB have 8 K allocation blocks. This change was made for 
extremely large disks to reduce the number of allocation blocks. This helps reduce the 
amount of time it takes to find free blocks among such a large number of allocation 
blocks."

Gary
> 
> From: Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2003/12/04 Thu AM 08:53:59 EST
> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Partition my drive or not...
> 
> 
> On Thursday, December 4, 2003, at 06:22  AM, Gary D. Adams wrote:
> 
> > I always partition, too, and there are several reasons. First, to 
> > allow booting from another partition for diagnostics (of course, if 
> > the hd physically goes out, that's not worth much). Second, and more 
> > importantly, because I've always heard that partitioning a large drive 
> > eliminates wasted space--since the allocation block size is dependent 
> > upon the size of the volume... larger volumes get larger allocation 
> > blocks.
> >
> > http://www.themacintoshguy.com/MacTips/archive/tip10.shtml
> >
> > Isn't the situation the same in X?
> 
> No, nor has it been the situation for a long time.
> 
> This is the whole point of the HFS+ file system (which both OS 8.1-9.2  
> and OSX use as their native filesystem) is that it eliminates that 65K 
> file limit and the variable block size of the old HFS filesystem. 
> (which is what that tip talks about).
> 
> There's an Apple KB article about it where all the gory details are 
> exposed.
> 
> No modern system (mac, pc, unix) needs to be partitioned for that 
> purpose.
>


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Re: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-04 Thread Bruce Johnson 
On Thursday, December 4, 2003, at 06:22  AM, Gary D. Adams wrote:

I always partition, too, and there are several reasons. First, to 
allow booting from another partition for diagnostics (of course, if 
the hd physically goes out, that's not worth much). Second, and more 
importantly, because I've always heard that partitioning a large drive 
eliminates wasted space--since the allocation block size is dependent 
upon the size of the volume... larger volumes get larger allocation 
blocks.

http://www.themacintoshguy.com/MacTips/archive/tip10.shtml

Isn't the situation the same in X?
No, nor has it been the situation for a long time.

This is the whole point of the HFS+ file system (which both OS 8.1-9.2  
and OSX use as their native filesystem) is that it eliminates that 65K 
file limit and the variable block size of the old HFS filesystem. 
(which is what that tip talks about).

There's an Apple KB article about it where all the gory details are 
exposed.

No modern system (mac, pc, unix) needs to be partitioned for that 
purpose.

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Re: Fwd: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-04 Thread Gary D. Adams 
I always partition, too, and there are several reasons. First, to allow 
booting from another partition for diagnostics (of course, if the hd 
physically goes out, that's not worth much). Second, and more 
importantly, because I've always heard that partitioning a large drive 
eliminates wasted space--since the allocation block size is dependent 
upon the size of the volume... larger volumes get larger allocation blocks.

http://www.themacintoshguy.com/MacTips/archive/tip10.shtml

Isn't the situation the same in X?

Gary

Luis Sequeira wrote:

 >> Should I partition my drive when I install 10.2? What are the pros

 and cons?

I always partition my drives because this allows for
My 60GB TiBook drive has 4 partitions, roughly one for  the System, 
one for Applications and stuff, and two for video work (which can then 
be kept defragmented, since I can erase them whenever I need) - for 
some people, this might be used for a large iTunes library, for example.

Keeping most of my applications in a separate partition  has saved me 
huge amounts of time when I recently installed Panther;  moreover, I 
had cloned my Jaguar system to one the video partitions, which allowed 
me a safety net in case something wrong happened (which it didn't). 
With this setup I was able too clean install panther with minimum 
hassle. It would have been a lot more painful if I had a 
nonpartitioned drive.

Luis





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Re: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
On 12/4/03 6:20 AM, "Luis Sequeira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I always partition my drives because this allows for
> My 60GB TiBook drive has 4 partitions, roughly one for  the System,
> one for Applications and stuff, and two for video work (which can
> then be kept defragmented, since I can erase them whenever I need) -
> for some people, this might be used for a large iTunes library, for
> example.
>
For OS X users there are two good reasons to partition and you mentioned one
of them. Anyone who moves large amounts of data onto the hard drive for a
short time and then removes it is likely to develop fragmentation.
Therefore, people who do video or audio work should dedicate a separate hard
drive or partition for that work. People who download large amounts of stuff
and delete most of it should do the same. The other good reason is to have
two operating systems. If one system goes south you have a backup. If an
update or upgrade goes bad, you have a second chance.
> 
> Keeping most of my applications in a separate partition  has saved me
> huge amounts of time when I recently installed Panther;  moreover, I
> had cloned my Jaguar system to one the video partitions, which
> allowed me a safety net in case something wrong happened (which it
> didn't). With this setup I was able too clean install panther with
> minimum hassle. It would have been a lot more painful if I had a
> nonpartitioned drive.

What you mention above is the benefit of CLONING a backup to another
partition as a safety net. That is indeed a good idea but rather than
cloning to a partition, I'd strongly recommend buying an inexpensive
external drive for this purpose. The major disadvantage of using a partition
for backups is that some of the problems that can lead to data failure don't
affect just one partition but both. If the partition table is damaged, there
goes everything. If your drive dies, there goes all the data.

A firewire or USB external case can be had for about $50 and 80gig drives
can be had for about $100 - and even far less. I built a 120 gig external
firewire this weekend for $110 thanks to some super Thanksgiving sales.
Cloning your drive and then syncing your data folder to it every couple days
is a good and easy backup plan and wastes no space on your Book's hard
drive.

Finally, there are at least two major disadvantages of partitioning - wasted
space and inefficiency. Typically one partition fills up too fast while
another has plenty of space. This means that the partition intended for the
system might not be big enough - DISASTER! Or the applications partition
might have too much space and the data partition not enough so some data
winds up in the applications partition.

After playing with partitions on my desktop at home and my old iBook, I
found no speed or safety benefits. When I bought my new 15" alBook I left it
unpartitioned. However, should disaster strike, I have the drive cloned to
an external drive I keep at home and that drive has been cloned to a DVD
that I carry in my briefcase. Having said that, I've come to the decision
that being prepared provides two benefits - first, should disaster strike
I'll be ready and second, keeps the computer gods from sending disaster in
the first place. Going back four PowerBooks, I haven't experienced a single
drive failure or data loss.

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Re: Fwd: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-04 Thread Luis Sequeira 
 >> Should I partition my drive when I install 10.2? What are the pros
 and cons?
 If you partition you drive to keep 9 on a separate partition, should
 you need to do a clean OS X install, you won't have to re-install 9.
 Plus, it makes troubleshooting easier since the folders from OS 9 are
 not mixed up with those from OS X.
I personally wouldn't do it.  It is possible to do an archive and
install instead of a completely clean install with the OS X installer. 
This will leave your user data and any other installations in place on
your drive and not clobber them upon install.  There shouldn't be a
need to do a complete clean install unless you wipe the drive and then
you'll be needing a backup anyway.

If you feel the need to partition I would only do a small OS 9
partition in addition to the OS X partition.  Every time I partition a
drive for personal use in hopes of more efficient organization I
eventually run out of space on one partition or another.  Depends on
your usage, of course...
I always partition my drives because this allows for
My 60GB TiBook drive has 4 partitions, roughly one for  the System, 
one for Applications and stuff, and two for video work (which can 
then be kept defragmented, since I can erase them whenever I need) - 
for some people, this might be used for a large iTunes library, for 
example.

Keeping most of my applications in a separate partition  has saved me 
huge amounts of time when I recently installed Panther;  moreover, I 
had cloned my Jaguar system to one the video partitions, which 
allowed me a safety net in case something wrong happened (which it 
didn't). With this setup I was able too clean install panther with 
minimum hassle. It would have been a lot more painful if I had a 
nonpartitioned drive.

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Re: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-02 Thread Frank P. Eigler 
My advice goes from yes to definately yes ;-)

Partitions:

1st - OS 9.2 (3GB), if you want to boot into 9 directly
Having it first allows you to boot directly by holding down the "d" key.
No start-up manager or start-up disk hassles.

2nd - OS X (min 5GB) itself, by itself. If you ever need to reinstall or
start over you'll appreciate this.

3rd - Any "scratch disk" requirements ala Photoshop? Amt varies depending
on need.

4th - You *may* want to have a separate data partition. Apps crap out?
Reinstall. Data craps out? Use your back-up - and a separate partition
makes backing up a whole lot easier.

There are good arguments for making a separate partition for the swap
file, but not on a single-drive unit like a laptop.

I've aslso seen folks advocate separate user, mail and fonts partitions.

YMMV

HTH!

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Dan Colwell wrote:

> OK I'm finally going to do it...I know I'm a late joiner here, but it's time
> for me to jump to OS X.
>
> I have a 400MHz Pismo, 768MB, 40g currently running 9.2.2.
>
> Should I partition my drive when I install 10.2? What are the pros and cons?
>
> Also any other hints for the installation process would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks to all in advance,
>
>
> Dan-

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Re: Fwd: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-02 Thread Tim Hodgson 
One advantage of separate partitions is that you can hold down the
option/alt key at startup to choose which system to boot into; that's
quite a timesaver if you frequently switch between 9 and X.

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Fwd: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-02 Thread Phil Burk 
On Dec 2, 2003, at 1:14 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:

on 01/12/03 19:56, Dan Colwell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

OK I'm finally going to do it...I know I'm a late joiner here, but 
it's time for me to jump to OS X.

I have a 400MHz Pismo, 768MB, 40g currently running 9.2.2.

Should I partition my drive when I install 10.2? What are the pros 
and cons?
If you partition you drive to keep 9 on a separate partition, should 
you need to do a clean OS X install, you won't have to re-install 9. 
Plus, it makes troubleshooting easier since the folders from OS 9 are 
not mixed up with those from OS X.
I personally wouldn't do it.  It is possible to do an archive and 
install instead of a completely clean install with the OS X installer.  
This will leave your user data and any other installations in place on 
your drive and not clobber them upon install.  There shouldn't be a 
need to do a complete clean install unless you wipe the drive and then 
you'll be needing a backup anyway.

If you feel the need to partition I would only do a small OS 9 
partition in addition to the OS X partition.  Every time I partition a 
drive for personal use in hopes of more efficient organization I 
eventually run out of space on one partition or another.  Depends on 
your usage, of course...

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Fwd: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-02 Thread Phil Burk 
On Dec 2, 2003, at 1:14 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:

on 01/12/03 19:56, Dan Colwell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

OK I'm finally going to do it...I know I'm a late joiner here, but 
it's time for me to jump to OS X.

I have a 400MHz Pismo, 768MB, 40g currently running 9.2.2.

Should I partition my drive when I install 10.2? What are the pros 
and cons?
If you partition you drive to keep 9 on a separate partition, should 
you need to do a clean OS X install, you won't have to re-install 9. 
Plus, it makes troubleshooting easier since the folders from OS 9 are 
not mixed up with those from OS X.
I personally wouldn't do it.  It is possible to do an archive and 
install instead of a completely clean install with the OS X installer.  
This will leave your user data and any other installations in place on 
your drive and not clobber them upon install.  There shouldn't be a 
need to do a complete clean install unless you wipe the drive and then 
you'll be needing a backup anyway.

If you feel the need to partition I would only do a small OS 9 
partition in addition to the OS X partition.  Every time I partition a 
drive for personal use in hopes of more efficient organization I 
eventually run out of space on one partition or another.  Depends on 
your usage, of course...

Phil Burk
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Re: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-01 Thread Laurent Daudelin 
on 01/12/03 19:56, Dan Colwell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> OK I'm finally going to do it...I know I'm a late joiner here, but it's time
> for me to jump to OS X.
> 
> I have a 400MHz Pismo, 768MB, 40g currently running 9.2.2.
> 
> Should I partition my drive when I install 10.2? What are the pros and cons?

If you partition you drive to keep 9 on a separate partition, should you
need to do a clean OS X install, you won't have to re-install 9. Plus, it
makes troubleshooting easier since the folders from OS 9 are not mixed up
with those from OS X.

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Re: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-01 Thread Tim 
On Monday, December 1, 2003, at 07:56  PM, Dan Colwell wrote:

OK I'm finally going to do it...I know I'm a late joiner here, but 
it's time for me to jump to OS X.

I have a 400MHz Pismo, 768MB, 40g currently running 9.2.2.

Should I partition my drive when I install 10.2? What are the pros and 
cons?

Also any other hints for the installation process would be greatly 
appreciated.



Are you a hard core OS 9 user?

I thot I was until I OSX'ed.  Partitioned my first 18 gig into 9 and 9. 
 Wiped that and used 18 on OSX and a 4 on another drive.  The more I 
used/liked X, the more room I needed for all the OSX apps.

As you have only one drive option in the Pismo, I would say 'go for 
it.'  Make the first partition larger for OSX.  Depending on you OS 9 
usage (which will decrease...  trust me!) give 9 about 2 - 3 gig.  I 
only give mine 1 GB now!

Some like to have a separate (third?) partition for storage or possibly 
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Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-01 Thread Dan Colwell 
OK I'm finally going to do it...I know I'm a late joiner here, but it's time 
for me to jump to OS X.

I have a 400MHz Pismo, 768MB, 40g currently running 9.2.2.

Should I partition my drive when I install 10.2? What are the pros and cons?

Also any other hints for the installation process would be greatly 
appreciated.

Thanks to all in advance,

Dan-

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