[DuoList] Update on my PB2400c CompactFlash boot drive adventure(was Hard drive spin-up problem)

[Brandy]

Since the compact flash cards are cheap, you may wish to buy a second on to 
use as a backup O/S. Accidents do happen.

Brandy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary F. Daught" <gfdaught at charter.net>
To: "PowerBooks" <powerbooks at mail.maclaunch.com>; "DuoList" 
<duolist at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 7:09 PM
Subject: [DuoList] Update on my PB2400c CompactFlash boot drive 
adventure(was Hard drive spin-up problem)


> Greetings. Thanks for all the assistance I received on my adventure 
> adding a 1GB CompactFlash card as a boot drive on my PowerBook 2400c 
> (180MHz 603e/80MB RAM/Mac OS 8.6/ORiNOCO Gold wireless card). I  decided 
> to erase my 1GB hard drive entirely, and it is currently  serving mainly 
> as a storage drive. I will probably reinstall a fresh  OS and apps at some 
> point, to have a backup. But it is kind of cool  currently running the 
> 'book off CF! I have dedicated 160MB of the  card to Virtual Memory, but 
> feel I still have plenty of space for my  routine activities. I may just 
> load-up the hard drive with mp3s. I  can have all my key apps (IE, iTunes, 
> IM, Word, and Accordance) open  at once. I don't really notice any speed 
> improvement on OS or  application launch. But once open, everything feels 
> pretty snappy. I  am now looking into seeing what else I can trim from the 
> system to  speed-up booting and processing (e.g., extra fonts, QuickTime 
> components, switching to Audion as someone suggested, etc.).
>
> Gary Daught
> gfdaught at charter.net
>