Ione, If you're only runing Tiger, don't bother with partitioning. Just back up you data regularly (to another HD, to DVDs). And run a utility like Onyx (freeware) once a week to keep your system tight and prevent data corruption.
Good luck! On Dec 8, 1:00 am, Ione Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I should have specified -- Pismo, 500 MHz. I know that I don't > have the 8 gb limitation. > > It'll be running 10.4.11 . I have temporarily (I hope!) misplaced one > of my install disks, which is the only reason I haven't formatted the > drive yet! > > What I'm concerned about is losses in speed from data being scattered > across the whole disk. Also, possible data corruption -- if one > partition is corrupted the data in other partitions will still be > safe, but if there's no partitions all the data may be lost. > > On Dec 7, 2008, at 11:43 PM, Ashgrove wrote: > > > > > > > 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 > > -- > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
