[G4] Best way to partition an external drive.

[Mel]

Should be pretty simple. Use Apple's Disk Utility to erase and  
partition the drive. You simply drag a slider to divide the drive into  
the partition sizes you want. I think FireWire drives work just like  
internals in that respect.
Mel

On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 11:31  AM, Goldberg, Franck (x2187) wrote:

> Just purchased a Cobra 120gb FireWire HardDrive.  My Mac has a 80gb  
> hard
> drive.  Here's what I would like to do:  Partition the Cobra 40gb/80gb,
> using the 80gb as a back up drive and the 40gb as an additional drive  
> and
> possibly, as I have read, a bootable one.
>
> How would you do it?
>
> Franck.
>
>
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