On May 24, 2005, at 9:36 AM, Eugene wrote: > Unless you plan to have multiple boot volumes, there's little point in > partitioning in the OS X world. I disagree. If you want to back up files to the same disk, it's better to have a different partition. Also, I have all my music files on a separate partition; saves space when I back up my home folder. Kirk Author of: The Mac OS X Command Line: Unix Under the Hood - - - - - - Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France