[muglo] Re: Partitioning 80 GB drive for Tiger
- From: Martin Albinger <max@xxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:33:22 -0500
On Jan 10, 2009, at 5:07 PM, Leith Peterson wrote:
>
> 1. Does each partition have to have a copy of Tiger on it in order
> to function?
No.
>
> 2. As I understand it, I can use a program like SuperDuper or Carbon
> Copy Cloner to make a bootable clone on one partition. This clone
> can then be used if my main partition fails.
Yes
> As I also understand
> it, I should not store anything else on the bootable clone because it
> may cause the backup software not to work properly. Do you agree
> with these points?
>
Not sure. I know CCC can do incremental back ups and SuperDuper
likely does as well. Not sure how it would interfere. Likely all
you would want to back up are your critical files and occasionally re-
clone the system.
> 3. I read somewhere it's a good idea to have three partitions, but I
> don't know why. Can anyone enlighten me as to what the third
> partition would be used for?
Likely for OS9. I used to have 3 out of necessity but have since
consolidated to 1 x 80 GB drive. My old 233 G3 upgrade with a G4
card due to a hardware limitation required a drive to be partitioned
with the 1st not larger than 8 GB. That was fun! Especially when
installing programs. Ended up with a lot of applications on another
partition as well as all my documents.
>
> Please advise. Thanks
I have a similar machine. Your G4 comes with cabling already in place
for a second drive. Rather than partition your current drive I would
add a second drive, cost shouldn't be that much <$100 depending on
size. You should be able to use a drive up to about 120 GB without
partitioning. Should you get a larger drive (e.g. 250 GB) I think
there is a limit of 128 GB for the first addressable partition for a
larger drive if you plan to use them as the boot drive. You may have
to adjust the jumper pin on the back of the second drive to slave
rather than master. If the main drive does go and you have cloned
your master drive to it you should be able to choose it on start up -
can't think of the command off hand, and be up and running with your
last saved (cloned) system. I would suggest a documents folder that
you create for all your work which you could then save daily to the
second (slave drive) as a back-up.
Martin
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