So I thought I'd the '160GB', 5400rpm HD in my Pismo (400MHz, 1GB RAM) again...
>From hereon, capacities are measured in real Gigabytes (i.e. 1024 * 1024 * >1024 bytes). So the '160GB' was in fact 149 real GB. I wanted to compare this 149GB HD with the 74.5GB 4400rom HD I had been using in Pismo. This had been partitioned into 10GB (for OS9.2.2) and 64.5GB (for Tiger). For this test, I did a fresh install of Tiger, plus all software updates, onto the 10GB volume. Boot times were native OS9.2.2 93 seconds OS10.4.11 55 seconds This time, I avoided potential hassles by not bothering with the HiCap software, so there was no extra partition which OS9 might ask me to initialise - because doing so last time locked up the HD. So I put the 149GB HD into Pismo, partitioned the HD into 10GB and 118GB volumes and did a fresh install of Tiger, plus all software updates, onto the 10GB partition. I also copied my original OS9.2.2 install onto this volume. (The orignal 74.5GB HD was in an external USB case.) This time, boot times were native OS9.2.2 48 seconds OS10.4.11 48 seconds I reckon boot time is a good measure of the HD access speeds - because the computer has to read the whole OS from the disk. Bus, RAM and processor speeds should be constant anyway. However, it's possible that the increased speed of the OS9.2.2 boot was enhanced because none of the files would have been fragmented on the 149 GB, while it's possible they may have become so on the 74.5GB. Whatever, it seems that the faster HD does give a wee speed bump, so I'll stick with it unless and until I can ever justify the cost of an SSD. I'm also intrigued - at what disk access speed does Pismo's bus, processor or RAM become the limiting speed factor? Once one of these kicks in, there's no point in increasing disk speeds because the other factors are hard-wired, as far as I understand it. (Santa didn't give Pismo a processor upgrade this year.) thanks for reading my ramblings Bruce On 26 Jan 2010, at 18:42, Kris Tilford wrote: > On Jan 25, 2010, at 8:12 PM, Ashgrove wrote: > >> If you use the HiCap software, you CANNOT boot from OS 9. > > This is wrong, you CAN boot OS 9 fine. > > I have a Beige G3 using the HiCap software on a 160 GB HD that's partitioned > with three partitions: > > 1)Exact 1st 8 GB > > 2)Exact 128 GB > > 3)Remaining 22 GB > > I boot OS 9 from the last 22 GB partition, which is beyond the 128 GB limit. > > The caveat for using OS 9 is that the HD needs to be initialized using Intech > Speedtools 3.5 for OS 9 which eliminates any HD capacity issues in OS 9. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
