Hi Harry, Disregarding the variables that one needs to consider when partitioning a drive (i.e. quantity and type of data and installed applications), there is one observation about OSX that may help you along.
OSX prefers to have certain applications and data in specific locations within the OSX volume. If you start to move things or rename things, Watch Out! To maintain consistency, store all of your applications and data within your OSX volume. If you wish some stuff was located elsewhere, create the appropriate aliases and put them where you want. I use a slight variation of this general philosophy. I have a relatively small partition (2GB) set up as my bootable OS 9.x volume (large enough for your System Folder and diagnostic utilities). I have the rest of my little 20GB drive (18GB) set up for OSX. I also have a second 60GB ATA drive installed to store my data and non-OSX applications. The use of my second drive will change over time as more and more of my general use gravitates towards OSX. Also, you may want to visit http://www.macosxhints.com/ for further suggestions. (I'd email robg directly. This guy is a wealth of info.!) Good Luck, Ward Oldham The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September 25. For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>.
