I'll let someone familiar with the XLR8 comment. on that bit. > I'm not sure I follow about changing of the > partitioning as you described. I didn't realize that > it was not recomended to have 10 in a partition larger > than 8gigs.
There's apparently a problem with the older ROMs addressing an OS X boot partition past the 8G mark. I don't know the details, but this is a fairly common problem that crops up again and again: someone writes software and figures that a factor of 30 room for growth is plenty, and then find that means the software needs updating in just a few years. > But now is it actually possible to > repartition it? Absolutely. You can do it from 9 or from the 10 install. > Concerning 9, I have 9 in one of my > other smaller old hard drives, so I thought I didn't > need to use this new drive for 9? I'm a belt and suspenders type guy. I like making sure there's a backup if something goes wrong. If your older drive dies, you'll need to replace it or repartition the X drive. > If I could make the > partition smaller by subdividing it into two parts > that would give me the 6 or 8 gigs you say it should > be. If I don't need to use it for 9.1 then what would > you recomend I use the new 1 or 2gig subdivision for? Apple's partition software won't let you just repartition part of a disk, you have to redo it from scratch. Also, it's not the size per se, it's having any part of the partition over the 8G boundary. I've only got 4G (3.76G, actually) for my boot partition and I don't have any space problems. There's no reason you have to put everything in the one partition, and actually it's a good idea to have a "system" and a "data" partition, and put everything (including apps) in the data partition. > One last question, will rebooting the computer with > the keys that you recommended, will that effect the > older hard drives and the data stored on them, > assumoing I am able to get 9.1 running? No, all it will do is zap the settings XPF put in the PRAM and force the system to search for a bootable partition. It has no effect on the disk itself. -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
