Hi Pat, I would prefer to have Lion installed on the #1 Drive (Default Boot Drive). If you are going to be using Lion as your main OS.
After saying that though; it should install on the 3rd Drive if it is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and GUID Partition Table. >> 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. You probably installed Windows originally on a drive in #1 slot and then moved the drive to another slot. Windows can only be installed in the #1 slot on a MacPro if there are any other drives in it. (You can put it in any slot after it's been installed.) And Windows can't be installed on an External drive from a Mac. Is it Windows 7 in Bootcamp? Windows 7 in Parallels Desktop? We do not have any Network in my Area, lightning took out Telstra’s “Box”, so having to ‘Personal Hotspot’ sharing my iPhone’s Internet connection, and my 3G data download is rapidly being used up :-( Hopefully back on ADSL late tomorrow. My ISP & Telstra have been phoning me all day today with updates (at least I’ve got them moving after hours on the phone to them Sat & Sunday). Everyone’s Network in my area regardless of which ISP went down at 4AM Friday morning…. and people contacted me to get it fixed!!! Cheers, Ronni (disconnecting Personal Hotspot connection after sending this email) On 23/01/2012, at 3:11 PM, Pat wrote: > 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>
