Oops, got a bit of a typo in that bit I typed... On Jun 30, 2004, at 2:23 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote:
> I partitioned my hard drives and installed 9 on one of the partitions > for > all these reasons AND, because I can! :-) > > Wednesday, June 30, 20042:15 PMJerry Yeagerjerry at browseryshop.com > >> The big difference is how large is the drive? OS-9 tops out at being >> able to see not much more than 130 GB on a partition. So, If you are >> running the 400 GB drives, with an OS-9 system, then you need to >> partition them. >> >> Otherwise, it is an idea of "do you put all of your eggs in one basket >> or not". Some folks feel that using partitions give you a bit of >> insurance and speed. If you manage to scramble one of the partitions, >> then you can still mount the drive from one of the other partitions >> and >> fix the bad one. [But if the drive goes bad, then you are out of luck >> because this will not work.] Also, the smaller partitions are speedier >> in accessing (reading and writing files) than the bigger ones. In >> OS-9. >> >> OS-X can address bigger hard drives so it it not as necessary to split >> the drives up. The speed issue is not non-trivial in OS-X but usually >> that is handled by using separate drives (say one for video, one for >> audio, etc.). >> This should read "The speed issue is not exactly trivial in OS-X, but ..." Ahh, stuff happens. Sorry about that. >> >> Jerry >> >> >> On Jun 30, 2004, at 1:41 PM, BRogers971 at aol.com wrote: >> >>> i have an additional question... does your drive have to be split >>> with >>> OS 9 and X on different partitions? >>> >>> thanks, belinda >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>> >>> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The more things change, the more they stay insane. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> ----------------------------------- >> Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if >> I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > ----------------------------------- Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
