I don't understand, Harry. Why do you need to do it with an old system? My Pages on Lion converts old .cw files just fine.
What am I not understanding about why you want to go to all that trouble? j. On Aug 18, 2012, at 7:25 PM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> > Subject: [MacGroup] external startup drive question > Date: August 18, 2012 3:42:21 PM EDT > To: Topics Macintosh computers related to Apple and > <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > <[email protected]> > > > This spring I installed Lion on my 5 year old MacBook Pro. Lion does not run > appleworks. I find I have a lot of appleworks files that need to be converted > to pages or pdfs. I have an unused firewire 80gb lacie drive which I want to > partition and use one partition as an external startup drive with Mac OS > 10.6. I can then, at my leisure, startup from the external drive, and convert > my files. > > Four questions: > > 1) when I go to format and partition the drive I am presented with 4 Mac > choices > a) Mac OS Extended (Journaled) > b) Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) > c) Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled) > d) Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted) > > Which choice do I want? > > 2) what do all the choice mean? > > 3) How big should the partition be? > > 4) Could I also use a usb 2.0 drive to do this? -- Jonathan Fletcher FileMaker 9/10/11/12 Certified Developer Fletcher Data Consulting [email protected] http://www.fletcherdata.com 502-509-7137 Personal Blog o'Stuff: http://jfletch.posterous.com Kentuckiana's FileMaker Developers Group Next meeting: Tuesday, August 28th, 12:00 pm to 3:30-ish Blog: http://www.kyfmp.com _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
