Do you partition your HD?
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From: thepixelfreak on 25 Jun 2010 12:37 On 2010-06-24 04:36:11 -0700, commiebastard <oraclmaster(a)gmail.com> said: > On Jun 24, 7:19�am, Newbie <new...(a)no.spam> wrote: >> As mentioned in another thread I am moving to a new Imac (500GB). I >> have never partitioned my HDs before but realize that if I am going to >> consider it, now is the time. >> >> So my question to the more experienced people here: >> Do you partition your HD? >> How do you see pros/cons? >> How many partitions do you use, what for, what sizes? >> >> Thanks. > > Yes, I do. > > There are no cons as far as I can see. > > On my Powerbook, I've got a 500 GB hard internal hard drive that I > partitioned 300 GB for OS X and 200 GB for Linux. Just out of curiosity, what flavor of linux are you running on your powerbook? > > In addition, I've got an external 500 GB hard drive that is > partitioned > 150 GB for Time Machine, and the other 350 GB partitioned into 3 > other > volumes that I use for various purposes (mostly storing movies, mp3s, > and other data that I split betwen OS X and Linux). > > Backup your data, then follow the numerous tutorials out there for > splitting up your hard drive. I used disk utility do do my partitions > on > the Powerbook. > > It's not recommended that you use the same internal drive on your > computer that your OS is stored on for Time Machine backups, and Time > Machine will complain if you do select a drive on the same machine. > This > is a security concern, because obviously if your computer hardware > goes > down, then so do your Time Machine backups. -- thepixelfreak
From: Newbie on 25 Jun 2010 13:02 Thanks to everyone for their most helpful responses. I realize that my needs to not justify partitioning the internal hd. In any event, the best "partition" would be a new external hd. :)
From: commiebastard on 25 Jun 2010 13:42 On Jun 25, 12:37 pm, thepixelfreak <n...(a)dot.com> wrote: > On 2010-06-24 04:36:11 -0700, commiebastard <oraclmas...(a)gmail.com> said: > > > > > > > On Jun 24, 7:19 am, Newbie <new...(a)no.spam> wrote: > >> As mentioned in another thread I am moving to a new Imac (500GB). I > >> have never partitioned my HDs before but realize that if I am going to > >> consider it, now is the time. > > >> So my question to the more experienced people here: > >> Do you partition your HD? > >> How do you see pros/cons? > >> How many partitions do you use, what for, what sizes? > > >> Thanks. > > > Yes, I do. > > > There are no cons as far as I can see. > > > On my Powerbook, I've got a 500 GB hard internal hard drive that I > > partitioned 300 GB for OS X and 200 GB for Linux. > > Just out of curiosity, what flavor of linux are you running on your powerbook? Fedora 13. "Goddard" > > > > > > > > > In addition, I've got an external 500 GB hard drive that is > > partitioned > > 150 GB for Time Machine, and the other 350 GB partitioned into 3 > > other > > volumes that I use for various purposes (mostly storing movies, mp3s, > > and other data that I split betwen OS X and Linux). > > > Backup your data, then follow the numerous tutorials out there for > > splitting up your hard drive. I used disk utility do do my partitions > > on > > the Powerbook. > > > It's not recommended that you use the same internal drive on your > > computer that your OS is stored on for Time Machine backups, and Time > > Machine will complain if you do select a drive on the same machine. > > This > > is a security concern, because obviously if your computer hardware > > goes > > down, then so do your Time Machine backups. > > -- > > thepixelfreak
From: Art Werschulz on 25 Jun 2010 17:19 Hi. Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> writes: > On 06-24-2010 12:27, Kir�ly wrote: >> Some people like to make several partitions and put their OS on one, >> apps on another, user data on yet another, etc. This might be advisable >> on linux but I see no advantage to doing this on OS X. > > This is definitely advisable on Windows, but > I see little advantage on Linux or OS X. For our Linux systems at work, we have partitions for /usr/local, /boot, and /home, along with the root partition. ISTR that Linux wants you to have a separate /boot partition. /usr/local and /home are kept as separate partitions, in case you want to to a fresh install of the operating system. -- Art Werschulz (agw STRUDEL comcast.net) .... insert clever quote here ...
From: Paul Sture on 25 Jun 2010 17:53
In article <arkay-98FD09.09582824062010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, aRKay <arkay(a)nospam.qsl.net> wrote: > In article <240620100619362828%newbie(a)no.spam>, Newbie <newbie(a)no.spam> > wrote: > > > As mentioned in another thread I am moving to a new Imac (500GB). I > > have never partitioned my HDs before but realize that if I am going to > > consider it, now is the time. > > > > So my question to the more experienced people here: > > Do you partition your HD? > > How do you see pros/cons? > > How many partitions do you use, what for, what sizes? > > > > Thanks. > > I do not partition my Macintosh HD on the iMac or MBP but do partition > my backup drives. For each external backup drive I make up two > partitions: One for SuperDuper and the other for the Time Machine. > > I have had no issues with this setup and it has saved me several times. I like to spread my backups around too, and in particular keep copies of my iTunes and iPhoto libraries on more than one external disk (on the ground that my music would be labour intensive to restore, and I'd really not like to lose my photos). I also do periodic backups of documents onto DVD. -- Paul Sture |