new powerbook g4

[root]

I'm expecting my new machine today, I'm looking for suggestions on the best paritioning options of a 20 gig HD for OS 9.1 and OS X.
Thanks.

[jdog]

Hello,

I also have a TiBook with 20gb hardrive. I set mine up with a 2-3gb (I don't remember exactly, and I'm at work) for OS9 and the rest OSX.

But I only use OS9 to play dvds. If you use OS9 more, I would probably not suggest that setup.

If you don't use OS9 at all, you could probably use less. I do not know the miniumum size OS9 can install on.

jdog

[Matrix Agent]

I would go 5 and 15 with the larger portion going to X, unless you really need every single bit of memory, it couldn't hurt much to give 9 some more memory, in case the OS X partition corrupts. That extra room on the 9 partition could save you. Anyways, who cares about the partition, the important part is that you have a TiBook, hottest computer on earth.

[rharder]

With my 20MB TiBook, here's what I'd like to do (I have to find out how to back up stuff first, now):
<ul>
<li>2-3GB partition for /System and /Library for OS X</li>
<li>300MB partition for a dedicated swap file</li>
<li>The rest for a minimal OS 9 install and all other Applications and such</li>
</ul>
With this setup, you'd have to do some symbolic linking to point to the appropriate /Applications directory and such, so I wouldn't suggest you do this unless you're familiar with funky Unix things.

I wouldn't want to give OS 9 its own partition because I'd rather just stick it in some forgotten corner of an existing partition and not waste the space that comes from too many partitions. But that's just me.

Good luck and congratulations.

-Rob

[bitburn]

Just got a brand new iBook 3 weeks ago. it's a beautiful unit.
I recommend it to anyone who can't aford the TiBook!

Anyone from Canada? Where to get the best prices on RAM?

Thanks.

BB.

[rharder]

Just be careful that you get the appropriately-sized 1.5" SO-DIMM RAM sticks, not the 2" ones.

-Rob

[bitburn]

The 2" won't fit or ?

thanks.

[rharder]

Apparently SO-DIMM (laptop ram) comes in different heights and the TiBook needs the 1.5" sticks. The iBook needs 1.25" I think, but check the Apple support areas for How to Upgrade Your RAM to make sure you get the right stuff.

-Rob