I have Jag on a 2 GB partition (don't ask - use a larger one) on a 30G disk, and found I could move iphoto and it's data and imovie to another partition using sym. links. I put all of my new apps and docs on another partition. IE and mozilla caches and downloads on another partition. You get the drift. I haven't managed to move swapfiles or user folders yet due to 10.2 changes, with more RAM I hope not to worry about swapfile location, and I put all my docs on another part anyway. Wish I had set up the parts better b4 install, but I like having OS9 on it's own part, a Jag part, a part just for another OS or backup (now used as swap), and 2 doc/data parts. Don't need all that w/Jag - use 1 for jag, 1 for OS9, and 1 additional. Definatly keep OS9 on it's own. My doc/data parts are unprotected, good if you need to access everything from various logins/OSs.
On Sunday, October 13, 2002, at 06:24 AM, Les wrote: > > On Saturday, October 12, 2002, at 08:48 PM, Tom wrote: >> I won't be buying a hard drive, I am not a gear addict, I >> just want this nice machine to run even nicer :-) >> <snip> >> What is the minimum size partition X will run smoothly on? > You already have plenty of memory, therefore I would really recommend > getting a larger disk - especially if you plan on using this as your > main machine and for fun. > > Although Jaguar may not eat up a lot of disk space, all the apps (mail, > itunes, imovie, etc) will store data in home/Library - which by default > is in the same partition as Jaguar. In fact, everything is basically in > the same partition as Jaguar by default. > > Jaguar has to be installed on the first partition and that maximum size > is 8GB (1024=1K) - and I recommend going for max if you are not > familiar with unix commands such as symbolic links. > > I got tired of looking of looking through preferences of different apps > so I just copied everything in my account home directory to the second > partition (the remainder of the my 120GB disk), moved the default > directories out of the way, and created symbolic links of these > defaults to the actual directories on the larger second partition (many > years ago I used to be a sysadmin of a 120 node unix environment and > used to do all kinds of neat tricks which I had forgotten about since > my office standardized everything on MS-Win 10yrs ago). > > I would be interested in hearing how other people have got around this > type of stuff. - I don't assume my way is the best way. > > -LD > > > -- > 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:imac-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:imac-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:imac-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> > Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > ---------------------------------------- Richard Kleim Graduate Studies Library and Information Science University of South Florida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar ----------------------------------------- -- 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:imac-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:imac-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:imac-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
