On Monday, October 10, 2005, at 11:44 AM, Richard ramsowr wrote:
morning
Related Question - If one has two drive on there Mac
(QuickSilver 733) in my case a 40GB (Main Bootable
Drive) and a 60GB (Surplus & Backup) will my Mac see
these drives as one or as two device?. In others works
if and when the first drive fills up will the data
simple spill over into the second drive? Always
wondered?
Each drive is fully independent. You mac sees them as 2 separate
drives. You need to tell your Mac to store things on the second drive,
it is not automatic.
The only way to make it automatic is to set up a RAID (Redundant Array
of Inexpensive Drives) with the 2 disks in a "striped" setup. This will
allow the Mac to see both drives as a single volume, but it has 2
drawbacks:
1) It needs to be set up when you format the disks.
2) The risk of data corruption and loss goes up exponentially in this
type of set up. If one of the drives dies, you lose all the data, not
just the data on that disk.
Your current set up is the best. Just move things to surplus as you
need space on the Main drive.
Len
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