On 27 Aug 2005 09:10:23 +1000, David Elmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I'm sorry to be late to this discussion, however I have a G4 350, AGP
and I have OS X 10.3.9 on one partition of an IBM 60GB drive and 9.2.2
on another partition and I don't have any problems starting from
either
one or the other.
Best Regards, /\*_*/\
Dear /\*_*/\, how did you partition your
drive please? How much did you give to
each partition. And what software did you
use to do this? I am getting a 60 GB with
a G4 I just bought and want to get up to
speed on it when it arrives (I have no OS
X discs yet)
The OS CD includes Disk Utility which gives you the option to partition
your hard drive. However, you likely do not NEED to partition.
Partitioning is for convenience, but this has less value with OS X than
it did with OS 9, 8, and the Systems before. The closest reason for
needing to partition is in the case of applications such as Photoshop
where it is best to have a scratch disk for Photoshop to use. Next
best reason to have a separate boot partition is for emergency and for
testing OSx and applications as they come along to you. You do NOT
need to partition to keep OS 9 and OS X separate. Apple delivered your
Quicksilver with both in one partition. With OS 9 and 8, I used to
have separate partitions for applications and data. OS X manages data
files so well that I know of no good reason to keep a separate
partition for that.
That said, I have two 40GB hard drives inside my QS. The main drive
has one partition with both OS X 10.3.7 and OS 9.2.2 installed and
configured to use Classic applications. The Classic applications work
seamlessly, given that I have Classic starting up automatically with
each boot of OS X. The other drive has three partitions, Scratch
(2.5GB), OS X Emerg (6GB), and Backup with OS 9 still in it (30GB).
That third one was a bridge from my old OS 9 volume. It quickly
outlived its usefulness after I migrated everything I needed to the
main drive. And, heh, heh, I haven't needed to use the OS X Emerg yet.
In another post you mentioned your 7300. Congratulations on taking a
big step. In setting up your QS, you will have many decisions to make
while installing your OS and moving files. You can find answers to
many questions on Apple's web site. I find it best to have a book.
There are several excellent ones, including those by David Pogue, Mac
OS X The Missing Manual. The edition for Tiger should be out now.
By the way, whether you partition your hard drive or not, it will be
worth more than the time it takes to reformat it.
Good luck,
Al Poulin
Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God,
proactive self-defense is for the rest of us.
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