>This is a G4 733. I just installed OS 10.1.3 on an external Firewire drive >to try it out, and everything seems to work OK in X. > >However, can anyone tell me how to set a drive partition so that it will >not mount on startup in OS X? I used Hard Disk SpeedTools 3.5 (which I used >to format all my drives) to set one partition of an internal drive so that >it will not mount on startup in OS 9.2.2, but whenever I start up in OS X, >it always appears on the desktop. > >In OS 9, SpeedTools can be used to choose which partitions of any drive >will or will not appear on startup. But in OS X, launching SpeedTools 3.5 >(still the latest version, according to the InTech website >http://www.IntechUSA.com/DC2.html) also launches the "Classic environment," >and SpeedTools can't even see any drives or partitions in this >"environment." > >I can always dismount the partition the old way in OS X, by throwing it in >the trash, but I don't even want it to appear on startup. Is there a way to >do that in X?
When you partition the drive with Disk Utility you can specify if it mounts or even is OS 9 compatible. -- Ryan Coleman Coleman Web/Internet Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cwis.biz "Has any one supposed it lucky to be born? I hasten to inform him or her, it is just as lucky to die, and I know it." - Walt Whitman "Polls don't measure who turns out... Polls never measure who turns out." -- Paul Wellstone, 1990 -- 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> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
