on 09/16/03 11:31 AM, George Mogiljansky at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It occurred to me that you could (?) cause a heap of > trouble if you partition a drive into two or more > sections, with a mix of HFS+ and plain vanilla HFS. > But I've never seen a comment about this.
Because it just ain't so (that it could cause a heap of problems). There are only two real issues. First, older versions of the OS (8.1 & prior, I believe) require the OS to be on an HFS partition. The only other issue is that, if you have lots (1000s) of little (<4K) files, using an HFS partition can be somewhat wasteful of space. Other than that, there's absolutely no trouble caused by using partitions. In fact, keeping your OS and perhaps only a few key apps on one partition and all the frequently written data on a separate one (and the majority/all apps on a third) can make backups more convenient (and therefore more likely), as well as keeping the OS safer from damaged disk directories and the like. (That said, it *does* complicate things when time comes to upgrade to an OS X machine with a single monolithic disk space...) - Eric. -- Eric Strobel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ===================================================================== Political correctness is anti-freedom!!! Speak the truth!!! ===================================================================== -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
