[G4] Can eMac hard-drives be upgraded?

[Tony Johansen]

On 22/4/2005 7:53 AM, "Al Poulin" <alpoulin at cox.net> wrote:

> If you no longer use that OS 9.2 partition for anything, you can trash
> all its contents and put that partition to work with your OS X files.
> You could put your OS X applications there.
> 
> Al Poulin
> Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God,
> proactive self-defense is for the rest of us.

Al, sounds like a good idea, although I wonder then if they are accessible
as normal from the main partition? It also  leads to the questions:

 is it possible to reformat just one partition (OS 9 to OS X) without
affecting the other partition?

 And can those applications then be moved over via the drop box?

And can other space-hungry stuff like my iTunes library go over there yet
still be accessed from the main partition as normal?

BTW, thanks to everyone for the most interesting discussion that has arisen
out of this. I'll steer clear of internal hardware installations for now,
stick to minimal tinkering such as Al's suggestion, and external HD.

Tony.
 
> On Apr 21, 2005, at 4:17 AM, Tony Johansen wrote:
> 
>> Has anyone upgraded the hard-drive on an eMac? I don't even know if its
>> possible. I have Power PC G4 (3.3)  1GHz  1GB SDRAM with 60GB hard
>> drive
>> partitioned 40/20 (OS X/OS 9.2) I keep needing more RAM and artwork is
>> eating up space.
>> 
>> I keep eyeing that wasted space for '9', now with InDesign on 'X' I've
>> abandoned Quark back in '9' and I suspect the cobwebs will just grow
>> back
>> there. In 11 months I've not had a single need for '9'. Pinching the
>> drive
>> space for 'X' seems logical, but also much hassle, if I have to go to
>> that
>> much trouble would I profitably install a bigger hard drive at that
>> time?
>> 
>> Possible? Worthwhile? Dollars are short, so is it economical? What are
>> the
>> limits?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Tony.
>> 
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