"Dividing up a large drive into numerous sub-2GB (1.95GB recommended; 2.00GB actually doesn't work) pieces solves the problem nicely."
Wonderful as there are lots of used 4GB drives availaible as opposed to used 1GB and 2GB exteranl drives. In all the years, I have been using a Mac (since 1989) I have never partioned a drive although I imagine that it is fairly routine to do so. However, for those who have, I am sure that you have developed (or should I say the collective 'we') have developed tips to enahnce poerformance and to avoid problems which someone like my self would have to experience the'hard' way. Comments anyone? This is not a complaint: I am beginning to feel like a junior prometheus; all I did was ask an uncomplicated question about 1GB and 2GB external dirves and it is as if a sleeping dragon has awakened. Mel --- Tom Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mel, unfortunately I can't answer your questions > -- I think you're right > > about the 2GB limit -- but am I glad to hear from > you! I thought this list > > was dead. > > Actually, the limit is not on the hard drive size > per se, but rather on the partition size. > Depending on the particular OS (and hardware), this > limit moves somewhat. But there is a 2GB > partition size limit in the older OS's. Dividing up > a large drive into numerous sub-2GB > (1.95GB recommended; 2.00GB actually doesn't work) > pieces solves the problem nicely. > > For Apple's official details on this, see > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=11333 > > -- > Prof. Thomas H. Lee > Center for Integrated Systems, CIS-205 > 420 Via Palou Mall > Stanford University > Stanford, CA 94305-4070 > http://www-smirc.stanford.edu > 650-725-3709 ph, -3383 fax > > > > -- > System6 is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > 123Inkjets.com > <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > System 6 Heaven > <http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html> > > System6 info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/system6.html> > --> 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/system6%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! > http://www.applelinks.com > > -- System6 is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> System 6 Heaven <http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html> System6 info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/system6.html> --> 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/system6%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
