<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On May 25, 2005, at 9:15 PM, DZ-Jay wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On May 25, 2005, at 18:54, Alex wrote:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Keep the internal drive as boot device, and keep the home folder on it. Create two partitions on the external drive. Use one to mirror the boot volume. Use the other to store the big items -- the iTunes music folder, iPhoto library, iMovie projects, etc.</DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanx for answering.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>That sounds like a good idea.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I have only one more question:<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>How do I "mirror" the boot volume? Do I just copy the files?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Do I have to create a partition that is the exact same size as my boot volume? If so, there goes half my new drive space :(</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-tab"> </SPAN></SPAN>dZ.</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Really the partition only needs to be as big as the space you use on the boot volume. I use my Powerbook's internal 20GB drive for the system and my home directory and use my external just for music. The 20 gigs internal are more than enough for my boot system and home directory, but you may use more applications or bigger apps. If you have about 60 gigs of music on an 80 gig drive, then, theoretically, your system doesn't need to be much bigger than 20 gigs. 50 gigs would probably be more than enough for a boot volume mirror and that leaves you with 110 gigs for music.</FONT><BR><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>-Evan</DIV></BODY></HTML>