 Os X Partitions, Sizes?, minimum partition size for OSX? |
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hey some advice would help a great deal....
I still am currently an OS9 user...D'OH!...... I *really* am finally getting a G4 ibook, I think a minium one with only a 30 gig harddrive... my question is as follows... (I think I asked a simialr one before , but as thies is getting closer I am wondering more n more!) I have hear the minimum size drive (partition) that OSX can comfortably run on is 10 GB is this true? and if so if I partition the (30 GB) drive roughly in half say 15 GB and almost 15 GB will OSX run smoothly and can I still fit some Apps on there so I can use the other Partition for writing files to? mostly this machine would be used for recording Audio. I plan in the near future on getting a External Firewire drive to also use to dump files ... and of course getting a 1 GB RAM chip in it to max the RAM to 1.25 GB. any other and new info or suggestions would be super cool! thanx bunches!  -- Ian aka Archival Audio This post has been edited by ArchivalAudio: Wed 23 Mar 2005, 03:59 -------------------- ~ Archival Audio ~
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I have a Powerbook with an 80Gb internal drive. When I first got it, I reformatted and gave one partition about 8Gb and the other the rest. The 8 Gig drive was for Protools and it's plugins and such, and the other partition was for a separate system that i use for everything else: internet, Photoshop, Word, whatever. I record all tracks to an external Firewire 800 drive from OWC.
Currently, I still have about 5 GB open on my 'Protools partition'. The idea is to keep that system as clean as possible, as little possibility for conflicts as possible. It takes less than a minute to reboot from one partition to the other, and keeping everything separate has kept everything friendly as well. I can confidently install whatever new third party system utility I want without fear that it might have a chance of messing up my recording rig. You never know what tiny little insignificant file might be installed with an application, and subsequently cause crashes or corruption or slowdowns in your DAW. |
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ArchivalAudio Os X Partitions, Sizes? Wed 23 Mar 2005, 03:58
ArchivalAudio cool
thanx
I am Specifically looking for info on o... Wed 23 Mar 2005, 15:24 eaks I never had the chance to work on a powerbook, bu... Wed 23 Mar 2005, 18:26 ArchivalAudio hmmmm
I always thought it was a good idea to parti... Thu 24 Mar 2005, 00:21 dixiechicken Try to keep things simple is a good general rule t... Sat 26 Mar 2005, 12:27 ArchivalAudio Dixiechicken
thanx
I think that helps...
I'l... Sun 27 Mar 2005, 01:59 dixiechicken Archival Audio - You're welcome!
One thin... Sun 27 Mar 2005, 16:46 PristineRec Maybe my last post wasn't totally clear. While... Mon 28 Mar 2005, 03:31 lepetitmartien Pristinerec, the best way to do this is to use dif... Mon 28 Mar 2005, 04:38
dixiechicken There is one potential advantage of having two par... Wed 30 Mar 2005, 22:39 |
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