Thanks for the suggestion, Ryan. But that's a 40-gig drive, and it's half full. I'd have to wipe the drive clean, reformat with Disk Utility, and then put all that stuff back on it, and that's tough work for a lazy guy like me! I was hoping that there was some nifty tricky way, with a few clicks of a mouse in the proper dialogue box, that OS X would let you keep a partition unmounted at startup. Guess not, eh?
Thanks again, Tom At 11:06 AM -0700 12/22/2002, Ryan Coleman wrote: >>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] -- 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
