Re: Partitioning 730mb HD on GS -- need advise!

[andreasw@algonet.se (Andreas Wennborg)]

Mitchell Spector (spector@vax2.concordia.ca) wrote:
: A massive HFS partition is a _very_ unattractive option
: at this time, so I'd like to create as many ProDOS partitions as possible.
: Is it a reasonable solution to create 20 ProDOS partitions (640megs) and
: a 1 HFS partition (90megs), where I'd keep no more than 12 partitions
: active at a time? GS/OS can handle 64 partitions, but what about the
: RamFast SCSI? I'm not too famillar with it's dealing with partitions.

At one time I had a 600+ MB connected to my IIGS (2 x 310MB). I couldn't 
stand the very cluttered Finder - lotsa HD icons! So I partioned one 
drive into 3 x 32 ProDOS the remaining 200+ as one HFS volume, the other 
drive I gave a small ProDOS partition (where I kept a clean Sys 6) and a 
300 HFS. Since then I sold one drive, but I still have one left with 3 x 
32 ProDOS and 200 MB HFS. I have had this setup since System 6 was 
released and the one partition I NEVER have had any problems with is the 
HFS, and it used daily.  Maybe I'm lucky?

I do need to get the HFS volume defragged and there's no program to do 
that for the GS, but I friend is coming over with another big HD and I'll 
just file copy everything over to that and reformat my HFS volume and copy 
back. Not very elegant way to optimize, but it works...

Backups - uhm, I have never tried to backup the whole HFS volume, I just 
move important stuff to disk (not regulary enough..) But I believe 
Apple's Archiver should handle backing up HFS, at least it let's me store 
my backup from ProDOS on HFS.


I wouldn't go with 12 (or 20) ProDOS volumes. But that's me...



: Mitchell Spector
: m_spect@pavo.concordia.ca / spector@vax2.concordia.ca


Andreas Wennborg