On Dec 22, 2008, at 3:31 PM, g3-5-list group wrote:
> == 1 of 1 ==
> Date: Mon, Dec 22 2008 9:33 am
> From: Dan
>
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> At 4:42 PM -0500 12/21/2008, insightinmind wrote:
>> Quicksilver 2002 Dual 1GHz Native G4.
>
>> I've been "warned" that OS X may function better if I keep all my
>> APPS and DOCS along with the OS, but I haven't taken the plunge yet;
>> and, probably won't. I still prefer partitioning:
>>
>> OS X Leopard ("moonstoneartstudio")
>> OS X Panther 10.3.9 ("billconnelly")
>> Classic 9.2.2
>> APPS
>> DOCS
>>
>> Bad Boy? or Don't Worry, Be Happy?
>
> There's nothing wrong with your set-up per se, as long as you're
> willing to deal with the launch database sync errors (because apps
> are in the wrong place) and the timing issues (such as you've seen).
> Myself - I wouldn't do that and I won't recommend anyone do it like
> that.
Oh man! Reminds me of the old days, when there were unending
discussions about partitioning with OS 8 and 9 and in the early days
of OS X. In the old days, I had as many as 7 or 8 partitions across
two internal hard drives. I was a late comer to using OS X. After
playing for a few hours with OS X 10.0.4 that came installed on my
QuickSilver G4/733 MHz, I finally converted over to 10.3.x, Panther,
about a year after it came out. Now, we have all active machines on
Leopard, and the QS is in retirement.
In moving to Panther, the good folks on this list convinced me to
simplify my partitioning scheme. On the main drive, I had Panther, an
OS 9.2.2 System Folder trimmed down for Classic, APPS, and DOCS,
including all the Classic APPS that we continued using and all the
documents from the old system. Being a bit paranoid, on the second
internal drive, I had three partitions, the full version of OS 9.2.2,
Scratch, and Test OS X. After about a week, I never booted into OS
9.2.2 except to remind myself of how things used to be. I used that
partition's free space for backing up my user folders.
Yes, you could easily simplify things, and perhaps eliminate some
grief by cutting back to two partitions, OS X Leopard, DOCS, and APPS
on one and OS X Panther with a trimmed down 9.2.2 on the other.
Panther and 9.2.2 can still play with your DOCS.
I know a few people have good reasons to keep DOCS on their own
separate partitions. What reasons do you have? Maybe extremely large
collections of video and photos best managed on their own external
hard drives?
Al Poulin
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