how many partitions, for 2nd OS? (was Re: [G4] CSEL on G4/667 IDE bus?

[B Yen]

I just ran Drive Setup & partitioned it into 2 partitions.. each 60g.  I also
updated the driver, & re-booted.

Everything is OK.

I'm still on OS 9.2.2. (if you can believe it).  I heard some people have a
partition reserved for OS X boot.  Is my 2 partition HD Okay, or could I go with a 3
(or even 4) partition?  I guess I'm asking, how much disk space is ideal for an OS X
partition?

A while back, I was the one whose 60g Maxtor was beginning to act flaky (sometimes
it wouldn't show up during a boot, or wouldn't wake from a "sleep").  I suppose the
above 2-partition scheme (each 60g) might be good, if I used one partition as a
"mirror" of the Maxtor 60g.  Others suggested just copying over important files, in
which case a smaller partition could take care of that.

Question: I need recomendations on a good partition scheme for my 120g Western
Digital.

TIA for any help/advice.



B Yen wrote:

> I just installed a WD 120G in my G4/667.  I think it's formatted for a PC, the
> installation software is all PC.
>
> When I put in the hardware, the instructions gave me 2 options..if CSEL is
> enabled on IDE bus, they have the jumper..all the way to the right.  They said,
> if not sure of CSEL, then they showed the jumper for a "slave" drive..that's what
> I did.
>
> So, I power it up & the Mac G4/667 booted up fine.. (this seems to indicate the
> drives are not conflicting).  Except, the drive doesn't show up on the Desktop.
> When I do System Profiler, it shows up as "ID=1 Hard Drive   No Volumes mounted".
>
> Does this mean I have to format it as a Mac drive..is it just using DFA (Disk
> First Aid), or some other Mac system software program?  Sorry about the basic
> question.  Regarding good disk utilities, can someone recommend a good one?  A
> long time ago, I remember a FWB (?) or a LaCie as good ones.  (there was another
> one, but I forgot its name)
>
> TIA for any help/advice.
>
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