Hi, Ronni, Rob and Carlo, Sorry about the delay in replying.
On 23/01/2012, at 5:49 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > 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. I'm still staying with SL as the main OS, at least for now. > After saying that though; it should install on the 3rd Drive if it is > formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and GUID Partition Table. Yes. It is now installed there and seems to work well. No problems. I haven't migrated anything over yet. By great good fortune, my favourite graphics program (the reason I have Bootcamp and Parallels) has just been ported to Mac and I have been having a wonderful time beta testing it on Lion. Whoopee! It goes like greased lightning. >>> 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? I have XP in both Bootcamp and Parallels on Drive 2. XP must be less fussy about where it goes than later versions. Many thanks to all who replied to my questions. Pat > 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> -- 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>
