on 9/18/02 7:26 PM, t molnar at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here's what I have: > 9 Gb ibm scsi drive bus 0 id 1 > 4 GB lacie drive bus 0 id 2 > 500 Mb quantum drive bus 0 id 4 > I am wondering what might be a suitable way to format these, partition wise. > I do plan on booting into OS 9.x for a while yet.
Well Tim... personally... My S900 is similar but for the 500 mb Quantum. I sliced my 9.1 gig IBM in half and put X on one of those two partitions. It's my biggest SCSI drive and it's, by far, my newest SCSI device too. So I have 3 volumes appearing on my desktop, the partitioned 9 gig IBM, and an unpartitioned 4.3 gig IBM. But what I did before deciding, was, I ran Norton Benchmark on my SCSI drives. My 4.3 gig IBM proved fastest, and thus carries OS 9 and all the associated classic files. The IBM 9 gig wasn't much slower but I chose it to run X, since I felt that OS 9 was the more prominent environment and would be the main operating system for a while longer. I wanted to eke out every bit of speed I could for OS 9. It's a silly venture in a way, but it's fun to nitpick. Kinda like tuning a carburetor on a classic car I guess. The differences are so minimal as to actually be insignificant usually, but I like pretending my decisions made a difference. -snicker- > I do have an ultra ata 66 card with an IDE drive (18gb) that I will > stick on as well but it won't be a boot volume (too much trouble last > go around with this stuff as boot volume) That's a damned shame. It would be the best choice performance-wise, usually, for both OS X, and OS 9. But, then again, reliability is key. Once you get it set the way you want it, you'll love Jaguar, all the best, -Howie -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
