i'm not sure - i know it has to be for the g3's, but i think it's advisable for other systems too...
the other thing is the 'main' os used should ideally be in the 1st partition of the disk and therefore the 1st area of the disk to be accessed. not sure how much influence this has over the speed of the disk or os operations but i think it's advisable. when you boot classic in x it runs it as an application inside the x environment, so in effect, it's like running an app - doesn't matter where it's held on the disc. x does put extensions and other bit's into the os9 system folder when you launch classic but it will tell you when it does it. this doesn't effect booting into os 9. the other thing to consider is creating two extension sets in os 9 - one for classic and one for booting into os 9. holding down the option key at start up, letting you boot into open firmware and then choosing the disk to start ip from. if you then hold down the space bar you can choose an extension set to use. you can reduce the amount of ram classic uses by disabling the extensions it wont use, eg. networking and graphics. hope this helps, jake On 13/8/03 3:22 pm, "Larry Blodgett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your reply > >> pretty sure os x has to be with in the first 8gig. also, are you planning on >> keeping os 9 apps with 9 and os x apps with x? if so, your probably ok... > > Isn't the 8 gig limit for beige G3's only?? I know that I had this > limit on my beige G3's. > > My friend is a photographer, not really a computer person. He will > tend to keep 9 apps with 9 and x apps with x. He has a lot of > photography programs and stuff that is os9. I am trying to get him > running in os x with 9 emulation and everything working. I am > thinking of setting up a firewire drive to try this out (he has > several) and if it works put it internally. > > When X emulates 9 does it use the 9 partition? Or does X have it's > own code for 9? > >> however, this is what i'd suggest: >> >> 6gig for os x (this should give you around 3gig of space even with all the >> apple iapps - should be enough for x's vm management etc.) >> >> 1gig for os 9 (even fully loaded, my os 9 comes in at 600mb (you can skim >> this even lower) and it doesn't need to much expansion space). >> >> 3gig for applications (should be plenty of room for all osx and 9 apps >> (except osx iapps) - can make bigger if you need it) >> >> this leaves you with 110gig to play with! >> >> i would suggest carving out 4 scratch disks for photoshop/video and music >> apps - maybe at around 5/10gig each depending on usage. >> >> use the rest for your working files. >> >> hope this helps (just my 2p's worth!) >> >> jake >> >> On 13/8/03 2:54 pm, "Larry Blodgett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I have a friend with fairly new G4 and I know it will boot both >>> MacOS9 and MacOSX. He would like to reformat his drive and install >>> both MacOS9 and MacOSX to boot from either and also run emulation 9 >>> in X. >>> >>> I do not want a mixed enviroment. >>> >>> Partition 1 MacOS9.2.2 20 gig (install first) >>> Partition 2 MacOSX (Jag) 20 gig (install second) >>> Partition 3 General storage 80 gig >>> >>> Any problems here? >> >> >> -- >> 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 > -- 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
