[G4] mounting partitions across separate drives

[Tina K.]

On 2012/01/17 01:08, Kristen R so eloquently wrote:
> But using this old ATA-33 drive and interface has really slowed the machine down.
> Has anyone ever tried to use the default IDE interface to boot yet used a SATA
> interface for the root directories?

I don't see why not. You could keep /System on the slow drive, put /Library and 
/Applications on the SATA drive with symbolic links on the boot drive that point 
to the SATA drive.

Heck you might even be able to put /System on the SATA with a sym link to it on 
the PATA. Or you might not, I've never tried it or heard of it being done.

I run ~ on a seperate drive, but instead of using a sym link I option clicked on 
my account settings in System Prefs -> Accounts and used that to put ~ on another 
drive.


Tina

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