On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 10:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am installing a new 40Gig drive in my Rev A with OS X. I currently > have OS X installed. If I understand correctly I could Format & > install OS X and then I can just replace everything except the System > of the Library folder in the system folder with the current contents of > the drive. Is that correct? I thought I had read that the "Library" > folder in the system folder is the same on all machines, the "core > system." The only difference is the User area, right? I still have to > partition a slice of less than 8Gig on the 40Gig for system too on my > Rev A, right? Any other suggestions? > Someone else may know better, but my guess is that you're going to run into permissions snags somehow -- but I could be way wrong. Another alternative (if you've got a USB drive enclosure) is to just install X fresh on the new drive, and then just drag documents and 3rd-party apps back onto your new drive, one or two at a time. Yes, before you get under way, you'll need to create an 8 MB (or smaller, but I wouldn't) partition before you begin to install. Don't obsess over it though; if you forget, the installer won't. It won't let you install X on a partition that's not entirely within the first 8 MB. Also, you might think that 8 MB is big, but I'd recommend that if a 3rd-party application doesn't absolutely need to be on the boot partition, you strongly consider putting it on the other partition -- documents, too. I wouldn't have believed it two months ago, but there's already close to 6 MB of stuff on my boot partition (over 300,000 individual files!). I still remember the Apple ][ days, when you could look at a catalog's contents and tell if a "stranger" had appeared, or a file had somehow gone missing... John at Wood-n-Shavings, Inc. San Antonio, Texas -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
