I'm not trying to change any existing volumes. Nor am I concerned with allocation block sizes. What I'm trying to do is safely create an HFS+volume in a partition I set aside as "Free" when I formatted the disk with Silverlining Pro 6.4. By "safely", I mean with a low risk of losing information on existing HFS+ volumes.
Actually, I set aside the first two 8,000 MB partitions as "Free". So I could, with the right software, probably create a new volume up to slightly over 16,000 MB. But, IIRC, a bootable OS X partition on an upgraded pre-G3 Mac has to be fully within the first 8 GB (i.e., 8,192 MB) of disk space, which is why I made the initial partition only 8,000 MB. BTW, I think Thierry means 0.5 K or 512 bytes. >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI PowerMacs) >Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 11:25:17 +0200 >From: lesnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Silverlining Pro volume formatting problem. > >> >> I just downloaded it (the MacOS version)anyway and used it to look at my partition >map. The version of pdisk that I managed to download, though, is rather old: "version >0.7a4 (18 February 1998)". Is there a later version available? >> >> Is there anything I need to do to avoid possible damage to those partitions that >are already in use as HFS+ volumes? >> > >Hi, >about changing the allocation block size without erasing the data, >Alsoft offers PlusMaximizer or something. It can change the allocation >block size down to 0.512k (th lowest value). Just be aware that lowering >the allocation block size will lower the system performance. >Thierry -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
