 Os X Partitions, Sizes?, minimum partition size for OSX? |
  Wed 23 Mar 2005, 03:58
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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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Sat 26 Mar 2005, 12:27
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Try to keep things simple is a good general rule to follow.
What is simple varies depending on your needs. If you have access to proper power outlets: Have one parttition on your internal drive for os & apps etc. Record audio to an external drive. I you must do withour proper power outlets & run on battery juice: Format your internal drive and follow advice from PristineRec. The absolute minimum partition for OS-X is about 4Gb - that is the size of the eDrive partition TechTool Pro creates when installing TechTool on your computer. The OS-X Panther "install files" can comfortably fit on an ordinary DVD-record. To keep your os humming along smoothly - your bootdisk should always have at least 30% free space no matter what - thats today the general rule of thumb for just about every modern os-system. Cheers: Dixiechicken -------------------- ==================
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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 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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