Ione, That depends on several things, the first of which would be what kind of machine you have. If you have an Old World Mac, you have to make an 8 GB boot partition, like Brian points out, for each operating system you want to boot from.
If it's New World (the Lombard and the clamshell iBooks are the first NW ones, if I remember correctly), then it depends on how many operating systems you want to install. I don't see any other point to partitioning, other than that and, in some bigger drives, just a way to organize your data, AFAIK. Hope it helps. Felix On Dec 7, 8:01 pm, Ione Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking of partitioning.... > > I haven't set up my new big (120 gb) internal drive yet. I've been > pondering whether to partition it or not. > > Will I really get noticeably better speeds if I partition it? Should > I bother? > > Any input would be welcomed, thanks! > > On Dec 7, 2008, at 6:55 PM, Ashgrove wrote: > > > > > Hi Jeff, > > It is true that the Pismo doesn't have the "8 gig partition" > > limitation. However, if (and only if) you plan to boot in OS 9, it's > > recommended that you install it in a separate partition. If you just > > want to use Classic mode under OS X, it doesn't really matter. > > > Best, > > > Felix Lizarraga > > -- > > Ione Smith > East TN Doberman Rescue > --http://www.etdr.org-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- 865-776-7636 > Facts About Albino Dobermans > --http://www.whitedobes.com > > Speak truth to power -- old Quaker principle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
