On 7/5/09, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Stephen Conrad wrote:
>> On 7/4/09, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> 50% would be an absurd amount. A percentage value isn't relevant, the
>>> amount is principally tied to virtual memory which depends on what
>>> programs are open. A better figure is to not let free space drop below
>>> about 5Gb.
>>
>> Well......this is the original 6 GB HD that came with this machine
>> 4.67 GB for Mac OS X
>> 896.8 MB for storage (it was gonna be OS 9 but I deferred it to storage)
>
> 6Gb is REAL tight for OS X. To make it work you need to install it
> without all the extras or remove them later. Extras as in un-needed
> printer drivers, languages and probably certain applications. Garage
> band for example is just plain huge for example.
>
>> I don't run Garage band or anything like that.
>> This is an old B&W G3 (a Smurf, Rev. A MB) and this is the HD it came with.
>
>
> I don't recall what OS you are using but you can trim out quit a bit.
> Depending on what you cut out and what version of the OS you can get it
> down to about 2Gb (I can't recall if that's with or without the
> Application folder).
>
>> I believe I did do some trimming back when I put OS X 10.2.8 on the HD (I
>> originally had plain old OS
>> X (10.0 and then 10.1 and then went up to 10.2.8). I did see 10.3 at the
>> Goodwill Store where I work
>> (in the back room, not on the sales floor) and if I can grab it I will since
>> I did plan to one day take this
>> HD out and put it in an external drive case, put a larger HD in this machine
>> and put 10.3 on the new
>> HD as I hear it is better than 10.2
>
>
> But your best solution is to get a bigger drive. A 20 Gb drive is
> usually plenty of room as long as you don't have any heavy data storage
> (video for example).
>
>> I only store text files and pics from sites like The Daily Kitten and even
>> those eventually get taken off
>> the main HD and stored elsewhere (usually a flash drive).
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