> >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:31:11 -0600 >From: Jeremy Derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: where to purchase? > >=20 >On Wednesday, March 05, 2003, at 10:24AM, Kyle Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >et> wrote: > >>On 3/5/03 10:41 AM, "Jeremy Derr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough= >: >>> not possible, really. the two OS's are so drastically different that >>> there are no common file or even file-types between them. in fact, even >>> if crossover WERE possible, partitioning wouldn't prevent it from >>> happening -- partitioning is a construct for humans, the computer >>> mostly ignores the partitioning. each OS can easily access files on the >>> other partition. there is no way to make the computer reserve one >>> partition exclusively for use while in OS X and the other for OS 9. >> >>I've been trying to tell that to people for years and no one listened to m= >e. >>;-) =20 >> >>Back in the day I had a client with a 1gb HD and about 5 OS's installed on >>different partitions. One of the partitions went and his whole little >>Multi-OS universe came crashing down. He told me that only that one >>partition should be down. I tried for days to explain that OS's could jum= >p >>partitions and he didn=B9t' believe me. A few years ago I even argued wit= >h >>Dan Knight about that same thing. Glad to hear from someone who also know= >s >>what they are talking about. > >even better.... unless it's just directory corruption, it's more likely the= > -whole- hard drive will crater, not just one partition.
Thanks Jeremy, just sort of figured it out in my feeble mind. If one holds a metal (or plastic) box in one's hand, and said container has what is described as a hard drive, this hard drive consists of platters (like phonograph records) which make up the hard drive. Partitioning them or making these platters do "that" and these platters do "these" doesn't physically change the idea that all these platters work together to function what we call a hard (non-removable)drive. So even if one portion is OS 9, and another portion (sector as I noted in an earlier message) is OS X, if the stack of platters all falls down at once, the computer dies. Under OSX and OS 9 these platters interact with each other to produce the desired result. If one then assumes that parititioning, as advocated by David Pogue in his book works, I suspect then, it doesn't. Insofar as longterm vaibility. Programs loaded still interact across boundary lines with nary a care weeither way. Guess I had better learn more about OS X No more pounding my head against the wall trying to determine that what I am doing is right, or wrong. As one teacher back in hiogh school triend to pound into my doubting head. "just accept it, don't reject it..." Guess am doing the same thing here. I want to know why, how and what happens when something is changed, removed or discarded, and why. Bryce Lee -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
