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October, 05, 2002 11:48 AM |
jozacks |
I remember reading somewhere that it might be better to install your system folder (the article was written pre-OSX a few years ago) on a separate partition from where you store all your programs and documents, because that might cause less fragmentation of your system files. Does this still hold true for OSX? That is, is it wise to install OS X on a small partition and install other programs on the rest of the hard disk? If so, is there a suggested size for the OS X system partition? The only thing I've seen about this is the minimum requirement of 1.5 or 2 GB for OS X, but it seems to me that this size is taking into account installation of some programs, no? My situation is that I have a PowerCenter 604/150 upgraded to G3/500 with 112 MB of RAM (soon to be more) and a 20 GB SCSI hard drive. I would like to take advantage of all the speed boosts possible, so if having a partition just for the OS X system stuff will help, I'd like to do it (I'm not clear how OS X system stuff works...if it installs something like a System Folder or does entirely different things). However, I don't want to section off a 2 GB partition (10% of my space) for OS X system stuff if all it really needs is 500 MB plus a couple hundred MB for system add-ons I might add later... Wherever I put my OS X system stuff, is it recommended to put OS 9 applications on the OS partition, or on the Classic partition, or can they just be on any partition along with OS X apps? Thanks in advance for any suggestions... (side note: I've seen some notes about setting SCSI device jumpers and termination, and in case I have problems with this, are there any pages that explain different jumper settings and how to make sure termination is set properly?) |
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RE: partition sizes |
October, 06, 2002 3:13 PM |
gregjsmith |
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I have a 1gig partition set aside for a swap file. Not so much for performance but to prevent fragmentation. |
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RE: partition sizes |
October, 06, 2002 12:10 AM |
mikael0497 |
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Doh!...XPF does require OS9, so don't drop it completely. |
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RE: partition sizes |
October, 06, 2002 12:00 AM |
mikael0497 |
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Unless you're running from two difference drives, I don't think you'll see much, if any, speed boost from a separate partition. There are reasons to put X on one partition and your files and apps on additional partitions...it makes upgrading easier. X consists of >40,000 files (on this system, with the developer tools, >100,000). Throw in your apps and personal files and you'll end up with soup. Doing an inplace upgrade from X.1.5 to X.2 left me with an unstable system, I wiped the 5 gig partition and did a clean install. End of problems. I've found it easiest to let Apple have one partition (that includes iTunes, Mail, iCal, Quicktime,...), my files have a partition and 3rd party apps have a partition. Apple's auto-updater seems happier if all it's stuff is in the root directory. You'll have to fiddle around with Netinfo manager (or roll your own links) if you want to locate your "home" directory on a second volume, but it's not difficult. I've also got a small partition for OS9/Classic. If you don't have any applications that need 9, I'd drop it. There's a post on MacFixIt or MacInTouch that indicates any boot into 9 will mess your file permissions up...which *may* cause problems...and require repair with Apple's disk utility. My main reason for keeping it has been DiskWarrior and Norton...but Drive10 looks promising. You will want more RAM. I've converted my 9500 over (G3/500 upgrade)...Jaguar made the difference. No Quartz Extreme (slow scrolling in Mozilla), but everything else feels faster than 9 did. |
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