Begin forwarded message: On zaterdag, apr 12, 2003, at 21:59 Europe/Amsterdam, b wrote: > <snip/> > My plan is to dump everything, do the most aggressive reformat > possible, re-install Jag, upgrade it to current v., and then import my > programs in a nice, orderly fashion. Any brand-specific advice on > software[s] that might help, greatly appreciated. > > The anomalies have won the battle, i surrender...now what? ~flipper, In lurking this list I got the impression that you like speed with regards to your machine, and since it looks that you're starting afresh, you might want to consider setting up a separate swapdrive. This page has a lot of info: http://www.resexcellence.com/hack_html_01/09-14.01.html . It might be wise to search the MacOSXHints archives as well on this topic. Setting up a separate swap-partition helps to keep the fragmentation level down on your hard drive and therefor all paging activity is a lot faster. Setting it up does mean you have to use the terminal, but see it as being converted to the power of the Dark Side :-) HTH, Kind regards, Arjan Bos -- Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a sick mind -- (Terry Pratchett) > -- Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a sick mind -- (Terry Pratchett)