Hi, Rob, Thanks very much for your reply. I think I will go ahead and try to put Lion on the large empty partition and keep SL on Drive 1. If it doesn't work, I will let the list know, and thus add to the knowledge base. I think I can restore everything pre-Lion from backups if it doesn't work.
As to where Windows has to live, mine is on a partition on one of the other drives - not Drive 1, and works quite OK there. Cheers! Pat On 23/01/2012, at 1:20 PM, RJDarts wrote: > Morning, > Mac Pro has 4 internal drives, OS X Boot disk irrelevant as too where > installation is placed in this collection. > Windows drive or partition has to be Drive Bay 1? > > My Regime for Mac Pro is: > Drive 1 OS X and relevant Software, Users etc, This Drive is Cloned once > installation complete with Cloned drive removed to safe place. (Archived > Monthly) > Drive 2 working Libraries, Imagery , Audio, regularly used stuff I require to > complete projects (cloned, archived weekly). > Drive 3 being project I am working on as is Drive 4 normally being a mirrored > RAID of Drive 3. > All Drives single partitions. > > Once project complete I archive on and offsite or give client one of the > mirrors. > > I have other drives with Window installations and Linux installations I drop > in and out accordingly using option key to select at boot, as I Firmware > Protect machines. > > Personally I removed my SL installed drive replacing with brand new one > installed Lion then required software. > So if something does need SL I just drop in and away I go, as if machine > never touched. > > Must mention I use OS X server for intranet email (imap), VPN, and file > servers, backup devices. Company eMail is externally controlled by Web Host > via IMAP. > > Remember that Lion is a "Major Upgrade," as it removes all possibilities of > running Software that has not been converted to 64bit and Lionised. > > Hope helps? > > Cheers > `RobD... > > On 22Jan2012, at 11:06 am, Pat wrote: > >> I am cautiously dipping my toe into the Lion pond. I installed Lion on the >> MacMini that minds the EyeTV. Now I am thinking I would like to install it >> on the Mac Pro, but I want to keep the functioning Snow Leopard. >> >> I have kept all WAMUG letters about installing Lion. Most of them speak of >> installing it on an external disk. The Mac Pro has 3 internal hard disks, >> the 2 secondary disks are partitioned for various purposes. There is one >> totally empty 700 GB partition available. My question is, is it safe (and >> possible) to install Lion there? I have encountered other software that >> insisted it had to be installed on the primary disk, where SL currently >> resides. >> >> Or would it be better to SuperDuper the SL into the empty partition and put >> Lion on Disk 1? >> >> Another question: I know that the same copy of Lion can be installed on >> more than one computer. Is this the case now for other Apple software >> bought through the App Store? >> >> Thanks, >> Pat >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
