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Why partition?
With your size hard drive you should just install Classic and OS X on the same drive.
Peter
OS 10.1 Partition advice requested
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Posted 26 May 2002 - 10:50 PM
I think I'm alright for now.
I have:
I have:
IBM 40 GB Master
-6 GB Mac OS X
-6 GB Mac OS 9
-20 GB Storage Bin
-4 GB My Network
-4 GB Classic (Nothing even installed on it yet)
Maxtor 30 GB Slave
-30 GB Movies and Backup
I may partition it and put a Swap partition, is it worth it for you all?
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Posted 28 May 2002 - 05:58 PM
Peter,
Why partition?
Well, I've heard more about partitioning than not partitioning. A guy I was talking to said I should, but when I told him I only have 8 gigs, the only response was, "oh my god!"
This whole partitioning thing has gotten me conufused. Why do I need to partition? Why do I not need to? images/icons/confused.gif
Thanks!
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Posted 28 May 2002 - 07:02 PM
Pigeon, I'll do my best to sum it all up.
Basically, partitioning breaks up a single hard drive into multiple virtual drives, as you probably know.
The main advantage is that each hard drive operates separately; if your OS 9 goes fowl, you can erase it without harming anything else and you have a minimum amount of stuff to backup. It also adds a level of separation.
The disadvantage is that, especially on a smaller hard drive like yours, it kind of wastes space. For example, if you partition 4 GB OS X, 2 GB OS 9, and 2 GB Storage, then you may only use 1.2 GB OS 9 and 2.7 GB OS X, but you can't use this extra 2.1 GB for stuff in your Storage hard drive.
Hope this helps; how many files do you keep? Tons of music and pictures, or just some text files? If you have less than 2 GB of documents and stuff (non-OS related) and it will stay this way, I say 2 Gb OS 9, 4 GB OS X, and 2 Gb Storage.
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Posted 28 May 2002 - 07:15 PM
pigeon,
Jason explained it all fine, but I don't think it is needed. If you want to partition for storage purposes, then fine. If you are pretty clean with few files to save or you use a backup such as a zip, then you don't need to partition for storage. OS X with Classic OS 9 will work just great for you. Apple doesn't recommend to partition and you will probably be happy with your full drive intact.
Peter
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Posted 02 June 2002 - 04:19 PM
Jasondudley and Peter,
Thank you so much. I'm not going to partition. I do store a variety of things on my drive, but I back up everything pretty regularly, clean house, and usually keep on my hd only what I'm currently working on.
Again, I really appreciate you advice and information- thanks!
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