Hi Jerry, BootCD is cool but not really required since all Macs on the planet will boot with OS 9 or earlier. However, effective January, 2003, new Macs will no longer boot with anything but OS X. Then BootCD would have a need. However, I suspect that once Apple implements this change that they will probably release their own utility that will accomplish this.
Ward Oldham on 10/11/2002 9:23 PM, Jerry Yeager at jerry at browseryshop.com wrote: > Yeah, it will be nice to finally break the 100 GB barrier in laptops. > Those paltry 10GB hard drives they typically came with don't seem to be > worth messing with these days because after loading all of the software > needed to be "mobile", there's no room left!!! > > ATTENTION THREAD-TRACKERS (CHANGE OT TOPIC COMING) > > > A useful utility that I have been watching and testing is finally > getting to the useful stage (it still has a few bugs in it, but I think > these are minor now) > > http://www.osx-zone.com/#boot > > The utility is named BootCD. Waht it allows you to do is create a > bootable OS-X CD --- very useful indeed if you need to fix a crashed Mac. > > > Okay, BACK ON TO THE MAIN TOPIC again. > > > On Friday, October 11, 2002, at 08:25 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > >> On Friday, October 11, 2002, at 02:51 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote: >> >>> I wonder if those >300gb drives will be high speed or not (7200 rpm or >>> faster). If so, you could have a new video capable Mac with over a >>> terabyte of storage space (alas, it will require an OS upgrade to >>> access all of the drive space though). If not, these could make >>> network attached storage devices worth buying -- that one is a bit of >>> a stretch as it is cheaper to buy a computer with lots of drive space >>> and use it as a server. >> >> You could partition it into a couple of 120s and a tiny 60. >> > > I guess the 60 would be the spot to either put the OS or put the swap > file... > >> It's amazing how fast storage is changing. >> >> It won't be too long before 100+ GB drives are the norm. It wasn't too >> long ago that I installed an "enormous" 20 GB drive. Now I don't even >> look at the sale prices for drives under 60 GB. I just bought a new >> laptop with a 30 GB drive, and am a little annoyed that the hard drive >> is so small, but I console myself by knowing a 100 GB upgrade will >> probably be cheap by next summer. >> >> A DVD seemed like an enormous disk at one time. Now I copy them to my >> hard drive so I can return the disk to Blockbuster and watch the movie >> later. >> > > And soon we will have 4X DVD writers. > > I wonder if Moores' Law will be applied to the peripherals as well? > (Moore's Law: The processor power of computers will double from the > previous state every 18 months or so) > > > Jerry > >> >> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 >> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of >> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. >> >> >> >> > > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
