Will, don't be sorry for your post. You just outlined what does and
doesn't work and why. What more could we ask for? Thanks.With
DisdWarrior, do you run the "older" version on the 8 & 9 Partitions? Can
you store 9 and X data on the same partition and still use
DiskWarrior-which Version? Paul C
Will Schoumaker wrote:
From: Mike Ansberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 22:29:30 -0600
Quote:
" On my s900 I have a drive partitioned into 3 parts. One is an 8 gig
partition for the OSX with the 8 gig problem. One is a large partition
with an OS 9.1 system folder, and the other is a large partition with
an OS8.6 system folder. I run these different systems because I have
some hardware and software issues with some of my old stuff that
requires one or the other system. With the 8 gig limit on the OSX
partition, I have had to store some of the video and audio files that
I use in OSX on the other partitions. Now I need to run some kind of
disk utility on these drives and optimize them. If I use Norton 5 on
the OSX drive, it is my understanding that it screws up the system. No
problem. But what if I run it on the other partitions? Can I use it to
fix the files on them without damaging the OSX files? Can I use it to
optimize the drives? If not, is there a utility program that will work
for this?
thanks
Mike "
end of Quote:
Welcome back to the list.
I used to run setup much as you are. I no longer need OS 8.6 so at
some point deleted that. Still have OS 9.x for XPFacto booting but no
longer use that either.
As long as the files are not OSX apps you should have no problems
using utilities on the non OSX partitions. Now having said
that...Norton has really screwed up OSX support to the point they no
longer even sell Norton Utilities for OSX other then Virus protection.
Norton 5.x is old but maybe ok for using on 8.6 not sure what the cut
off point is anymore. So not sure about OS 9.x . Nortons 6.0.4 the
last version made for OS 9.x can be ran on Jaguar 10.2 disks from OS
9.x but should not be used with Panther 10.3 . Alsoft's DiskWarrior is
the utility to have these days. It gives you a fresh directory which
takes care of most problems. OSX disk optimizing utilities are not
recommended by Apple. Reason given was they move files out of the "hot
spot" on the disk. Which I take to mean it moves them to the wrong
place. I have used Speed disk on Panther and it caused more problems
then it was worth. There is a new OSX app called "iDefrag" costs
$30.00 web download. It's not been out long but support is good and
they are working hard to make it the best optimizer for OSX. Techtool
Pro 4.x is not supported on mac's older then the B&W . I ended up
doing a new install to fix all it messed up same with Norton System
works for OSX. Sorry I can't be of more help. Will S
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