On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 01:48:41PM -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Jul 14, 2004, at 1:46 PM, Jack Corcoran wrote: > >As a newbie in this area, I need some help relative to the mechanics of > >partitioning a hard drive. Have a clean 40gig drive that I wish to > >partition so as to load both OSX and OS-9, but haven't a clue on how to > >proceed. Any/all help appreciated. > > You want to create two partitions (at least). Due to IDE > hardware/driver issues in the stock beige G3, the OSX boot partition > (the first partition on the disk) must be < 8GB. 7.97 will work.
This limitation only applies if you're using the onboard IDE controller. If you put in an add-on controller (highly recommended, as the built-in controller is dog-slow), you can make your X boot partition as large as you want. I put a 60GB IBM Deskstar 60GXP (hand-me-down from one of the x86 boxen) on an UltraATA100 controller and set it up with one big partition to hold both 9.2.something and 10.2.8. The faster controller makes a big difference in performance with modern drives...the 60GXP has a peak transfer rate somewhere around 40-50 MB/s IIRC, but the beige G3's onboard IDE controller is only good for about 16.7 MB/s. _/_ / v \ Scott Alfter (IIGS( http://alfter.us/ Top-posting! \_^_/ rm -rf /bin/laden >What's the most annoying thing on Usenet? -- 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
