Am I the only one using full partitions and 4 hard drives for differents sysems? Works great! R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew J. Yon III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 6:06 PM Subject: Re: Hard drive partitioning
> I have found that in circumstances such as yours. Setting up my BGE 400 > G3 and a 40 GB HD with 3 partitions worked best for me. Make the first > partition something just shy of 8 GB ( like 7.94 GB) and install OSX on > it. Create the second partition with about two thirds of the remaining > space. Put OS 9.2 and VPC on the second partition and 8.6 on the third. > I have set up several BGE's this way and have found that it is best > not to have any third party items installed (USB cards, memory in > excess of 128 MB , etc.) in the computer until all OS's are installed > and have been booted at least once. BGE's appear, to me, to have the > broadest of symptoms during all of this type procedures over any other > model. maybe , it is due to the many different configurations that were > available. > > my Beige ( now being used by my wife for her email machine) originated > as a rev A 233. I replaced the rev A rom with a rev C, added more > memory to the Max of 768 MB, Put in two HD's one 60 GB for storage and > one 40 GB set up as mentioned above, a USB 4 port PCI card , a Sony > CDRW (IDE), a new PRAM Battery, and a Logitech wheel mouse two button > and one under the wheel. I still sneak in and use it every once in a > while. I loved using that machjne and still do even tho I moved to a > 1.25 DP and a 1 GHZ 17 Ti book. > > I hope this helps you in some way. > > Andy3 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.500 / Virus Database: 298 - Release Date: 7/10/2003 -- 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
