Jay Boshara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am planning to order the 20=B2 iMac with the 160 GB hard drive (assuming > this list=B9s feedback does not counsel me otherwise), and I have some > questions about partitioning.
Congratulations, nice machine. I'll answer your questions below, but first, let's look at what J Patrick Draine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 13, 2004, at 2:39 PM, Jay Boshara wrote: > >> I am planning to order the 20=B2 iMac with the 160 GB hard drive > > I see that 80 GB is the basic model. Why don't you just go with that,=20 > forget about partitioning it, and get a FireWire drive for all the=20 > extra stuff you were asking about (alternate boot drive, scratch disks,=20= > > etc). The external FireWire drive will also be great for quick backups of your essential data. It can also be an extra boot drive with all your applications as well as your emergency boot drive. You can arrange your partition scheme across both drives and make sure that you have redundancy for anything you cannot easily re-install. Now to your questions. > First, can any user account access all > partitions from within one of the partitions? Yes. Access will be from the partition (volume) on which you install OS X 10.3. Each user logs into an account which contains that user's home directory. The Finder holds and shows all partitions on the system by default. > In other words, does each > partition have to be specifically limited to/setup for one user or another, > or can I setup the computer with two partitions but only one user account? I have one user account and see/access all partitions across two internal hard drives on my QuickSilver G4. > Can I login as any user and install Photoshop (for example) in one partitio= > n > and set it to use the other partition as the scratch disk? To install an application, you log in as Admin. Yes for the rest of it. > Can I access > both partitions from the Finder window from within one user account? Is it > easy (and possible) to use one partition for primary functions and setup th= > e > other partition as an emergency startup disk/scratch disk with a copy of > DiskWarrior on it for use in repairing the primary partition? Yes. > (I know that > TechTool Pro 4 has the ability to setup a partition as an "eDisk" or > Emergency startup disk, but I don't know whether I could use that partition > for any other purpose than as an emergency startup disk.) I think I have read that you cannot run your applications here. Good Luck, -- Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
