Os X Partitions, Sizes?, minimum partition size for OSX? Options

[ArchivalAudio]

hey some advice would help a great deal....
I still am currently an OS9 user...D'OH!......

I *really* am finally getting a G4 ibook, I think a minium one with only a 30 gig harddrive... my question is as follows...
(I think I asked a simialr one before , but as thies is getting closer I am wondering more n more!)

I have hear the minimum size drive (partition) that OSX can comfortably run on is 10 GB is this true? and if so if I partition the (30 GB) drive roughly in half say 15 GB and almost 15 GB will OSX run smoothly and can I still fit some Apps on there so I can use the other Partition for writing files to? mostly this machine would be used for recording Audio. I plan in the near future on getting a External Firewire drive to also use to dump files ... and of course getting a 1 GB RAM chip in it to max the RAM to 1.25 GB.

any other and new info or suggestions would be super cool!

thanx
bunches!



-- Ian
aka Archival Audio

Ce message a été modifié par ArchivalAudio - mer. 23 mars 2005, 03:59.

[dixiechicken]

Try to keep things simple is a good general rule to follow.
What is simple varies depending on your needs.

If you have access to proper power outlets:
Have one parttition on your internal drive for os & apps etc.
Record audio to an external drive.

I you must do withour proper power outlets & run on battery juice:
Format your internal drive and follow advice from PristineRec.

The absolute minimum partition for OS-X is about 4Gb - that is the size
of the eDrive partition TechTool Pro creates when installing TechTool on
your computer. The OS-X Panther "install files" can comfortably fit on an ordinary DVD-record.

To keep your os humming along smoothly - your bootdisk should always have at least 30%
free space no matter what - thats today the general rule of thumb for just about every modern os-system.

Cheers: Dixiechicken