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.).
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
>
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