On 3/7/03 11:41 PM, "John Haumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 09:34 PM, Gerald E. Uhlan wrote: > >> In my case, it's because of the 8 gigabyte rule on the Rev. A-D iMacs. >> I >> split the first 8 gigs into two partitions. It keeps the Operating >> Systems >> within that portion of the drive. >> > > As has been mentioned often before on this list, it's entirely a matter > of personal preference. I have OS-8.6, OS-9.2, and OS-X all residing > (and behaving well) on the same 8 gigabyte partition of my rev.B iMac. > I can't imaging why anyone would think that each system's files would > be anywhere but in its own respective System folder. That was the > whole point of System folders and the System Startup Control Panel > (since before System 8, I think). > Well, I figured that, since I needed to partition the drive anyway, I might as well have one for each OS while I was at it, in case I found later on that I had to totally trash one of them and start over, the other would remain untouched. In the past, I've had the whole drive get totally screwed up as just one partition, to the point where I had to just wipe the drive and start all over again. So, I figured that with partitions, if something screws up, it would (hopefully) only affect one partition. Knock on wood, it's been running like a champ ever since partitioning - something it wouldn't do before partitioning, as I wasn't aware of the 8 gig rule at the time. Gerry -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
