<<I have two hard drives on my S900. The original 2Gb SCSI w/ OS8.6 and a 160Gb IDE w/ OS9.1. Am I asking for trouble by opening applications that are stored on the SCSI drive when I'm running OS9.1 off the IDE as long as I have any necessary control panels, extensions, etc. necessary to run the program installed in my 9.1 system folder? >>
Not really, as long as you realize the the program will have preferences and application support files residing in both system folders. If these have critical settings you may want to insure they are synchronized. You can usually just drag copy them from one system folder to the appropriate location in the other. <<Am I not realizing the full benefit of the faster IDE drive by running an application that is istalled on the SCSI?>> It depends on how frequently the program accesses the hard disk to read or write support and data files. The difference in speed may be hardly noticeable. Or if a scratch disk is involved it could be significant. In this case make sure the IDE disk is designated for scratch, preferably a dedicated partition if scratch use is heavy. <<Should I re-install all the programs that are compatible w/ OS9.1 on the IDE?>> Your choice. There is no compelling reason to separate OS8.6 use and OS9.1 use physically, other than keeping the system folders on separate volumes as you do. However, these separate volumes could reside on the same hard disk (the IDE). With the large capacity of new IDE drives the small stock SCSI drives might be considered dispensable and some people use all-IDE configurations. I use a small SCSI HDD for online backup of the system and applications. -Bruce Holifield -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
