I don't recall saying anything about external drive connection, but I think I mention that maybe whomever first posted on here about his slow OSX booting from external drive to make sure that he's on a firewire drive and make sure the HD itself is running at 72rpm or higher (perhaps running with a Serial ATA enclosure or something).
It's pretty easy to recognize whether you have enough RAM or not, just listen to the HD, because if you don't have enough RAM, your HD will be going on all the time to swap memory in and out of VM. Sherman On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:04:33 -0400, Fluxstringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >OSX is Unix based. Whether you like it or not, virtual memory is part > >of Unix, thus part of OSX. > > > >Sherman > _________________________________ > > With no alternative to VM use I now understand the importance of > large amounts of Physical RAM in this case.. > > Sherman have you told us the kind of external drive connection you are using ? > > > > -- > Adrian > > -- > 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 > -- 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
