Thanks for the advice.
I will use the external HD for 8.6 set it up Ok then use old HD as a temporary files / backup disk.
I have the 6200 maxed at 64 Mb I have not been able to find if there is any way of increasing the ram. I have heard of socket doublers on other Macs but I expect this is not possible on the 6200, as the system I suspect will only see 64 Mb. Any ideas on this ?.
As for the internal HD I could look out for a 7200 rpm large capacity to go inside at a later date.
Thanks again.
John Abraham (UK)
At 15:30 -0400 6/4/04, 1st PowerMacs wrote:
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 00:18:13 +0200 From: Antonio =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rodr=EDguez?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OS 8.0 - 8.6 upgrade.
Hi, John.
"JOHN.E.ABRAHAM" ha escrito:
I have been putting this off for a long long time, upgrading to 8.6 from 8.0. [...]
The file system is HFS std , if I backup in std and reformat in HFS plus will I still be able to restore my files to the new format?. If not is it best to stay with HFS std. or start a fresh with HFS plus.
AFAIK, HFS+ is the only option for your 18 Gb drive. The 500 Mb one will work with either HFS or HFS+, so I would stick with the former for compatibility reasons. Anyway, you won't have any problem copying or backuping files from one filesystem to the other.
Before reformatting should I defragment or will the reformatting make this unnecessary.
Formatting erases completely the drive's contents, so it is not neccessary defragment it previously (you would be sorting something that is about to being thrown to the wastebasket).
I also have an external 18 Gb HD running at 7200 rpm, is it best to keep the system on the original 500 Mb internal HD or utilize a partition on the external faster drive.
I would put the newer (and very faster) 18 Gb drive *inside* the 6200 case and leave the 500 Mb one as an external drive used only to move data between computers or for backup purposes. This way, the system would be a lot faster. If you don't want to open your 6200, I would leave System 8.0 in the internal drive and install 8.6 in the external one and select it in the Startup control panel to boot from it. The 18 Gb drive is to the 500 Gb one the same that a Ferrari is to a Ford.
Greetings,
Antonio Rodr�guez (Grijan) <ftp://grijan.cjb.net:21000/>
At 15:30 -0400 7/4/04, 1st PowerMacs wrote:
Subject: Re: OS 8.0 - 8.6 upgrade. Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 01:16:47 -0400 From: Bryan Kattwinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
on 4/6/04 3:30 PM, 1st Antonio wrote:
"JOHN.E.ABRAHAM" ha escrito:
I also have an external 18 Gb HD running at 7200 rpm, is it best to keep the system on the original 500 Mb internal HD or utilize a partition on the external faster drive.
I would put the newer (and very faster) 18 Gb drive *inside* the 6200 case...
Except that the external would be SCSI and the internal is IDE in a 6200. So you cannot swap them, although you can get a much larger IDE pretty cheap.
Just install 8.6 (or 9.1) to the external (for speed) and use Set Startup to tell the Mac which drive to boot from. Leave the internal alone until you are happy with your new system.
BTW, 8.6 needs more memory than 8; I wouldn't run it with less than 32M, and the 6200 maxes out at 64M.
Bryan Kattwinkel <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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