On 2/18/10 10:41 PM, deadwinter wrote:
Hi folks:
I thought I had a partition for 10.2 and another for OS9.2, but upon
closer examination it looks like I have OS 10.2 and a folder labeled
OS9 applications, OS 9 System, etc. In the "Startup Disk" control
panel, I can choose that the system use the OS9 system folder, which
will make it boot into OS9, and viceversa.
Can someone enlighten me as to why the previous owner would run it
like this as opposed to there being two separate partitions? Do I
gain anything? Lose anything?
Usually, on a Mac list, that easiest way to generate a lot of e-mail
messages is to ask about, suggest, or otherwise bring up partitioning.
You'll get those who swear the more partitions the better and those who
insist there is no point in more than one. This goes back to pre OS 9
days, the OS 9 / X partitioning question just added more fuel to the fire.
That said, for what it's worth. The bulk of my systems are single
partition. All the machines I've set up with X and 9 have had both on
one partition and it has worked just fine for me. It's easy to install
and switch between them.
I don't like to partition unless I have to because it reduces
flexibility. I'd hate to have to go and copy a couple of partitions to
another disk then re-partition the disk then copy things back because
one got full. It's enough of a pain when the whole disk runs out of room.
--
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
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