Thanks Felix! On Dec 8, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Ashgrove wrote:
> > Ione, > > Tiger and Leopard like lots of space, so it's the same thing. Unless > you're running more than one operating system, or a specific program > that needs a separate partition for file storage, or you feel very > strongly about creating separate partitions for specific purposes, a > laptop HDD works better without partitioning, at least IMHO. Either > way, the bigger the HDD, the better. > > Best, > > Felix > > P.S. You piqued my curiosity about albino dobermans, although that's a > conversation for a different forum... :-) > > > > On Dec 8, 11:11 am, Ione Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thanks, I may do exactly that! >> >> But you make me curious. You say "if you're only running Tiger". >> Well.....I'm thinking of moving to a Macbook Pro, which obviously >> would be running 10.5 . If I did, would there be an advantage in >> partitioning it? >> >> On Dec 8, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Ashgrove wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> 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://[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> -- 865-776-7636 >>>> Facts About Albino Dobermans >>>> --http://www.whitedobes.com >> >>>> Speak truth to power -- old Quaker principle >> >> -- >> >> 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 > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
