Now, I discovered I don't know some basic stuff that I can't seem to find answers to. I'll list the questions in no particular order;
1) Do I have to install the core OS System file in each partition? (Dumb question right?) I have it set up that way now. The reason: as I remember, some applications on a partition wouldn't "work" (error messages, etc.) unless the System file was there with them.
The second part to this: if the System file has to be repeated in each partition, will it work if I put in an *aliased* System file in all but my "Main" partition where I've got the actual file?
Third part: will I be able (as I can now) select, say, "Publishing" to be the "start-up" volume if the actual System file is not on that partition?
2) Do I have to separately install the originals of some applications in each partition? For example, after I installed Stuffit Deluxe in my "Main" partition, I made an alias of the app icon and installed it on "Publishing". But, no dice, the alias wouldn't work there. And, as I recall, the same happened for my Epson printer; I had to install the whole Epson file again in "Publishing". Another example: just installing my Sonnet Crescendo driver software on "Main" (I thought it would take effect on the entire hard drive) left the other partitions back in their original slow-as-molasses state.
3) And then there's the matter of "splitting up" components of a single piece of software. For example, some partitioning-advice sources say it's good to move various temporary *cache* files onto the "Scratch" partition. Put your printer cache files there, and so on. I'm not sure I'd correctly identify the correct cache's that can be moved, but can this be done without "hurting anything"?
As another example, I want to set up a RAM disk for a couple of the browsers I've got. I may be exceptionally "thick" about doing this, but I can't figure out whether I have to keep that RAM disk on the same volume/partition as the browser or if it's okay to put it, say, in my "Scratch" partition.
I think you get the picture. I'm at sea about assigning stuff between partitions and about the need to duplicate-install a lot of stuff on each partition. Help! Thanks.
Dave
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