[G4] sata drives - Partition

[Eric Wood]

In other words, some people like to partition drives to store  
different types of data "separately." I just use the folders Apple  
gave me and leave the drive as a single partition :-/ I saw a  
separate partition used very well on an Ubuntu system: it mounted as / 
home, and so restoring the system when it broke, as Linux is prone to  
do, was as simple as reformatting and reinstalling to the root  
partition while leaving /home alone, and thus the system was restored  
without even having to make backups.

But I don't think Apple's OS X supports having partitions mount up as  
UNIX directories, so that use doesn't exist for us Mac users. Best  
off with a single partition, I think.

Eric W.


Am 27.12.2008 um 13:57 schrieb Luke Rademacher:

> Back in the day, Partitioning was of value as most HD maintenance  
> utilities had issues with large volumes and some computers did not  
> handle Volumes larger than 128GB. In this day and age, most OS's  
> have no problem with large Volumes, and most Maintenance apps are  
> smart enough to deal with defragging or fixing large volumes. Also  
> Once upon a Time, You could make the Computer Use more of the HD  
> when you partitioned the HD into smaller blocks. Its Common  
> knowledge that the HD Capacity of the HD is Not the Actual Size...  
> 250GB is never gonna be 250GB no matter how you format it, its  
> always gonna be around 211 or 212GB. BEcause of the OS uses a top  
> portion of the Drive for its own use.
>
> Also, all the Drive manufacturers label their drives as Gigabit  
> instead of the common Gigabyte. 250Gb is not 250GB but most people  
> don't understand it. So your 750GB no matter how its formatted will  
> never be a total of 750GB. But thats just how it is, and if you  
> don't accept it then you will be always mad.
>
> A few other schemes exist for partitioning large volumes such as  
> having a Large volume be partitioned for use by multiple OS's for a  
> Dual or even Triple Boot system. But the simple matter is pretty  
> much all modern computers and their counterpart OS's have no  
> problems with large volumes.
>
> For example my wife has a 250GB HD in her Windows box. Its  
> partitioned into 2 volumes 125GB each so she has Windows XP on one  
> volume and Windows 98SE on the other volume, her's is a Dual boot  
> system so she can use some older programs in the OS it prefers.
>
> A client of mine has his Mac Pro's main HD a 500GB partitioned into  
> 2 drives, one for Mac OSX 10.5 and the other for Ubuntu Linux 8.10  
> setup as a Dual Boot system so he can make the most of both worlds.
>
> Other reasons could be maybe your new 750GB You'd like to have in  
> different volumes for your Data, perhaps Three 250GB volumes for  
> Music, Movies, and Photos.
>
> And some people just leave their drives intact so they have One big  
> Volume for Video Files etc.
>
> Peace,
>
>
> Luke Rademacher
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> On Dec 27, 2008, at 1:15 PM, hecowan wrote:
>
>> hello luke,
>>
>> i asked about partitioning because i see mention of it from time  
>> to time.  as a fairly non-techwise individual i have not  
>> understood the value and purpose of doing this, other than when  
>> more than one person is using the machine.  this is not the case  
>> in my home.
>>
>> best of the season.
>> hec
>> mdd dp 867 os 10.4.11
>>
>>> Partition away if you like. Or not. Some people like me still  
>>> partition their larger HD's into smaller volumes.
>>>
>>> Peace,
>>>
>>> Luke Rademacher
>>> Liquid Zone Graphics
>>> Mac mini 2.0Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 3GB RAM, 80GB HD, Combo DVD/ 
>>> CDRW, Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.5, ext NewerTech miniStack w/ 320GB HD.
>>> MDD Dual 1.25Ghz G4, 2GB RAM, 250GB/120GB/80GB HD's, 16x DL DVD±R/ 
>>> RW Superdrive, Mac OSX Tiger 10.4.11, Classic Mac OS 9.2.2.
>>> External 1TB HD FireWire 400
>>> Intel Celeron 2GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD, Ubuntu Linux 8.04
>>> 5.5th gen 80GB Enhanced Video iPod
>>> Canon CanoScan 8400F
>>> Canon Pixma iP4500
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