Thanks Ronni, Carlo and Bob. From your responses I gather that having made a GUID Partition Table I must then format each partition as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Have I got it right? Merv
On 27/04/12 3:34 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Merv, > > Just adding to Carlo’s reply. > > In order to boot from an Intel based or PPC based Mac, you may need to change > the partition map. > The bootable partition Map for PPC is (APM) "Apple Partition Map" which is > Apples default. > The Intel based Macs require (GUID) “GUID Partition Table" to be bootable. > > Cheers, > Ronni > Yes, you can have as many bootable partitions as will fit on your drive. > Format the partitions as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and use Carbon Copy > Cloner or SuperDuper to make bootable copies > > On 27/04/2012, at 3:26 PM, cm wrote: > >> Hi Merv, >> >> Yes, you can have as many bootable partitions as will fit on your drive. >> Format the partitions as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and use Carbon Copy >> Cloner or SuperDuper to make bootable copies. >> >> Cheers, >> Carlo >> >> On 27/04/2012, at 15:19 , Merv Bond wrote: >> >>> As mentioned on another thread I have purchased a - oop! sorry, hit the >>> wrong button!! >>> >>> As mentioned on another thread I have purchased a 2TB WD My Book Studio >>> with Firewire 800. If I partition it into two 1TB parts can neither, one >>> only or each partition be a bootable backup? >>> Comment appreciated. >>> Merv >>> >>> -- >>> The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden >>> confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of >>> Man') >>> -- 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> > -- The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of Man') -- 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>
