On your G3 OSX must be on the first 8 mb of a partitioned drive. I would partition the new 80 gig in to three partitions; 8 gig with OSX and partition the remainder in half. I would put OS 9x on one of the other partitions to use as classic 9 (with a paired down version of OS 9 so it is less problem prone) and use the final partition as storage. The partition with Classic OS 9 can also be used for a lot of your OSX applications if the 8 gigs is filling up. The storage partition should need less maintenance with out an operating system. I would leave my original drive as a OS9 with all the apps and such that you have on it now. The old drive can have maintenance software that you can run on the 80 gig if trouble should arise.
Roger *********************** V. Matthews wrote: >Quick question. Currently I have a G3 beige MT; >300Mhz, 640 RAM, OS 8.6, original 8G HD, 6M video RAM, >with a QPS FireWire card and a Macsense USB card. > >I just bought an ATA IBM 80G HD and a LaCie FireWire >40G HD and I'm planning on upgrading to OS 9.X and >10.X. > >Do anyone have recommendations on how I should >partitions for the drives? > >TIA! -Van- > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs >http://www.hotjobs.com > > > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
