>On Saturday, Oct 5, 2002, at 01:46 US/Eastern, Van Turner wrote: > >> I am about to upgrade the hard drive in my WallStreet to 20GB. I have >> 320MB >> RAM and currently have 10.2 installed. >> I notice that a lot of people partition their hard drives when >> installing >> 10.x. Is it really necessary or are these people just being cautious? >> If it >> is necessary, I intend to create three partitions: 1 for 10.2/9.2, 1 >> for >> 9.1, and 1 for documents. Does this sound like a good strategy? I'm >> not sure >> > >It is required on a WallStreet, the X installation must reside on the >1st 8 gigs of the drive. >So the 1st partition must 8gig or less or you won't even be able to >install OS X.
I'm also in the process of upgrading to 40GB. Would I install OS X in the "First" 8GB partion, then 9.2 in the next 8GB and the rest for storage. Norm > > >-- >G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> 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]> >Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
