My Reply follows quote. On 04/09/2004 13:42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Hello. I have a 5300cd AIO w/ a 20.00gb hd. I would like to have it run os >7.5 and os 8.6. Right know, it is running 8.6. I would like to partition it >w/o erasing 8.6. Is that possible? ~ Ben ~ -------- I don't think so. Partitioning allocates use of the drive, "slicing" it into logical individual drives and thus creating separate maps of each partition. This should be done before writing information to the drive.
The way I have done this in the past, is to boot from a system CD (or external hard drive), save the existing drive info (drag the drive icon to the exernal drive), load drive setup, partition the drive, copy the image back to the preferred partition. Tedious, but... Ken -- 1st-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> 1st PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/1st-powermacs.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]> List archive: <http://mail.maclaunch.com/lists/1st-powermacs/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
