From popreedy at comcast.net Tue Jan 17 10:55:30 2006 From: popreedy at comcast.net (Raymond P Reedy) Date: Tue Jan 17 10:55:35 2006 Subject: [FW] Installing minimal Tiger on iPod Message-ID: Is it worth the effort to install a minimal Tiger OS and a few utilities on the iPod? How much space (approx) would I need on the iPod? If so, anyone have a procedure to minimize the OS and Applications that get installed? Just want to boot and run Disk Utility and Disk Warrior. Raymond P Reedy popreedy@comcast.net From casti020 at umn.edu Tue Jan 17 12:22:26 2006 From: casti020 at umn.edu (Rick Castillo) Date: Tue Jan 17 12:22:36 2006 Subject: [FW] Installing minimal Tiger on iPod In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <43CD5202.7070401@umn.edu> Raymond, If you don't have another HD to work from then the iPod is a handy place to do this on. I've heard a lot of people say that they wouldn't want to run software off of an iPod because it is only designed to spin for a few seconds when it needs to access the next song. This is just a misunderstanding of how HDs work. The iPod is a Hard Drive it will last as long as any external HD regarless of its intended main purpose as a music box. The Tiger OS CD has a custom install button and you can eleminate all components that you don't want to install on the iPod, but a full install only takes about 3GB (per apple support page) and on my 40GB 3rd Gen iPod that's not very much space at all. Easy install installs all the software... Click Customize and you can unclick specific components. The Essential System Software line shows only 875 MB and can not be deselected. However, the iPod will freakout occassionally and you will have to do a reset, this kills all data on it. So don't use it for your only data back up. Installing the OS on the iPod will not cause an iPod freakout iPods just freak every once in while. At least once a year. I do a lot of data transfers from my iPod and like to burn CD/DVDs using the iPod as the data source. It seems to go faster than when I use my internal HD as the data source. I've been using my iPod as a part-time hard drive for over 3 years now and it hasn't hurt it at all. Rick Raymond P Reedy wrote: > Is it worth the effort to install a minimal Tiger OS and a few > utilities on the iPod? How much space (approx) would I need on the iPod? > > If so, anyone have a procedure to minimize the OS and Applications > that get installed? > > Just want to boot and run Disk Utility and Disk Warrior. > > Raymond P Reedy > popreedy@comcast.net > > > _______________________________________________ > FireWire mailing list > FireWire@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/firewire > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From skane at skaneco.com Tue Jan 17 12:58:58 2006 From: skane at skaneco.com (Steve Kane) Date: Tue Jan 17 12:59:05 2006 Subject: [FW] Installing minimal Tiger on iPod In-Reply-To: <43CD5202.7070401@umn.edu> References: <43CD5202.7070401@umn.edu> Message-ID: <4920503E-0B23-471A-860C-F9747AEC4BE4@skaneco.com> On Jan 17, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Rick Castillo wrote: > Raymond, > > If you don't have another HD to work from then the iPod is a handy > place to do this on. I've heard a lot of people say that they > wouldn't want to run software off of an iPod because it is only > designed to spin for a few seconds when it needs to access the next > song. This is just a misunderstanding of how HDs work. The iPod > is a Hard Drive it will last as long as any external HD regarless > of its intended main purpose as a music box. I think the issue may be that the iPod case is not designed to dissipate as much heat as might be generated by using it as a startup drive, not the capability of the hard drive itself.