On 10/05/04 12:40, "Brian Braunschweiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Laurent wrote: >> As another lister replied, yes and yes. The only thing you might want to >> consider is whether you'll be spending more time in OS X or OS 9. If you >> think you'll be spending more time in OS X, then it would be better to put >> OS X onto the internal drive and OS 9 on the FW drive. With virtual memory >> on all the time, you'll probably get better performance if OS X is running >> off the internal drive. If you will just use it from time to time, then it >> doesn't really matter. >> >> Just my $0.02.... > > > For the time being I will be in OS 9 more. For most of what I do, > that is plenty fast. > > The other issue is that the FW drive is 40 gigs and the Pismo > internal is only 10. From everything I have read I need to give > Panther some room to "breathe." I also only have 192 megs of RAM in > the Pismo. AS soon as I have the $$$ I am going to add more RAM and > get a bigger internal hard drive. If I can get my OS X setup off my > iMac and onto the FW drive (easily doable according to answers here), > I can then sell the iMac to generate some money towards the Pismo > improvements. To clone your iMac hard drive, Carbon Copy Cloner is your best friend... -Laurent. -- ======================================================================== Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC, USA ************************ Usual disclaimers apply *********************** -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
