On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 07:34 PM, Gerald E. Uhlan wrote: > My question is, if you partition a drive, with OS X on one and OS 9 on > another, don't those files stay within the designated partitions?
unless something (a person or a program) moves or copies them elsewhere -- but this is no different than any other file on the hard drive. > Doesn't partitioning tell the computer that a given partition resides > from > 'this' physical sector to 'that' physical sector, and the next > partition > resides from 'the next' physical sector to 'whatever' physical sector, > and > so on to the end of the drive? And that when writing files to a > particular > partition, it would place them in the first available space within that > reserved "drive" space? Otherwise, what would be the point of > partitioning > a drive? A simple folder could serve the same function if that's not > how it > works. Can anyone elaborate on just how partitioning actually works? that's pretty much how partitioning works, though the first-available-space clause is only semi-true. even given these facts, there's not much point to partitioning as far as I'm concerned. in fact, as far as OS X is concerned, partitions ARE kind of like folders. every partition except the boot partition is, essentially, a folder in the /Volumes/ folder (which is invisible). The icon you see on the desktop is really just a shortcut to the applicable folders in /Volumes/. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
