Zoltan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >ut I only have two. One >for everything X and another for all OS 9 stuff.
I also have two. One for Applications and the OS X system (8 GB with 4 free at the moment, I don't even have OS 9 drivers) and one for my user home folder, which in it's turn contains a hierarchy of everything I produce and everything connected to my user (me), like settings and add- ons to the machine. My user is an admin, but I'm contemplating turning that off and only turn it on if I need to. This to avoid apps from messing with stuff it shouldn't. In Panther this seems fully doable, but I haven't got into that direction yet. What this setup gives me is a partition that is erasable and re- installable while not affecting my user home folder. Usually, if I do reinstall the OS for some rare reason, the OS will usually give the only admin user the same system ID as before so that user remain the owner of my old home folder. If not, I reclaim my home folder, by using the main admin user that an OS X install normally will give you, and make my user the owner of every file inside my users home folder. Then I delete the new home folder that the installation gave me. Normally I do that in the Terminal with "sudo chown -R /UserName", as that under Jaguar was the only reliable way to have the owner changed in every file and folder in the hierarchy. I prefer this to "save and install" as I can be sure nothing odd goes into the System. I'd probably use a third partition for Apps, if not so many of them wanted to put stuff elsewhere to function properly. So for me, the OS and Apps are quite closely knitted. This setup also give me one central point for backing up; the home folder, which makes it more likely that this will happen on a regular and reliable basis. I usually make an archive of the lot and burn it to DVD if possible. As I'm now reviving my interest in music I'm planning in backing up the music production separately as those probably will fill several DVDs. Or maybe I'll have to get into drive mirroring. I make use of Apples folders for main organization and also have added quite a few of my own. So what I produce goes into Documents (with the exception of email and pictures, no matter what it is as long as I am the producer) and settings and application assisting files that I actively add to the app go into the Library folder, email related files into "Email", music I listen to into "Music" and so on. Under Documents I have my own hierarchy which have evolved during the years (and still is) and some of which I haven't produced, like documentation and "facts" and knowledge, now go into Library, where appropriate. Some of this stuff is slowly moving into databases I'm working on. The method I use to put the home folder on a separate partition is to change the directory for my user in Netinfo Manager. This method have one flaw, in that it doesn't allow me to change the name of the partition unless I also change it in Netinfo Manager. I'd love to find a method that doesn't rely on the actual path to the home folder. Possibly Symlinks could be better, but I'm not sure about this. The only downside I have experienced is that I've been sloppy in having the same language active when migrating over several machines and at some point the Finder settings for the names of the Applenamed folders inside the user home folder got stuck in english. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
