[X4U] Partitioning question

[Brett Conlon]

No, you're missing my point.

We only have 1 boot volume - the "Startup drive". The Work drive is just 
dedicated to their work files.

If an operator is having issues with their startup volume that either 
re-occurs or DWarrior or other tools won't fix, it's just as easy to erase 
the Startup partition and re-image it again. If they had all their Work on 
the same volume (can be anywhere from 50-100+GB) that would require me 
moving the work off and then back on again - both time consuming and 
potentially dangerous.

So, sorry, I'm not completely in agreeance with your statement. Not that I 
don't think you're an all-round nice kinda fella!  ;-)

Coj



Eugene <list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net>

On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 03:06:32AM CDT, Brett Conlon 
<brett_conlon at sonymusic.com.au> wrote:
> Kirk McElhearn <kirklists at wanadoo.fr>
> > 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.
> 
> I agree.... in my workflow we have a separate Work drive. This allows me 

> to easily format the startup drive and re-image it whenever I need 
without 
> having to get all the work off the drive first.
> 
> Saves me heaps of time and gives me lotsa flexibility.

"startup drive" == "boot volume".

In agreeing with Kirk, you are also agreeing with me.  :-)