 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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 Mon 28 Mar 2005, 04:38
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Pristinerec, the best way to do this is to use different users with different status.
- one admin (for maintenance) - one admin (for music) (admins privileges help) - one simple user for the fun stuff. So you fully control what's happening there. Whatever you do, in OS X, you won't totally separate systems, OS X has and DO manage hard drives so if something is really fishy it'll blast everything anyway (members with OS X and OS 9 on the same computer can understand the voodoo I'm talking about). Now, the possibility to find something fishy is near to naught. So I think you complicate things to much. Use the users "trick", it'll be simpler to maintain and bring more than enough safety. As long as you repair permissions after installs, and that you keep your OS X healthy (let him run the BSD script at night, or modify the Cron so it will make them during lunchtime for example), most problems will be next to naught. You can use the second partition for back up. (the user folders for example) 
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ArchivalAudio Os X Partitions, Sizes? Wed 23 Mar 2005, 03:58
PristineRec I have a Powerbook with an 80Gb internal drive. Wh... Wed 23 Mar 2005, 06:58 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
dixiechicken There is one potential advantage of having two par... Wed 30 Mar 2005, 22:39 |
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