Partition black magic

alternateorg on March 12, 2001

By the way, if you’ve picked up a new PowerBook G4 I would highly suggest NOT PARTITIONING the happy drive. As it turns unhappy if you do. So don’t do it.

And on an unrelated note, how did I ever exist without knowing about this site? It’s a site dedicated to Apple/Macintosh history. Link via Splorp

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2 Replies to “Partition black magic”

  1. Toby Thain March 31, 2001 at 5:53 am

    Umm… Are you sure??

    It’s actually a good idea to have more than one partition on a Mac – I can advise from experience. Eventually, you’ll experience file system corruption that Disk First Aid can’t fix. And Norton may not be able to fix it either. And if all your eggs are in the one partition, you’re stuffed.

    It’s usually the system partition that gets nuked, and from experience I’d recommend you keep your data separate. (Apple are crazy to ship the machines partitioned the way they are, and with no viable means of backup.)

  2. Toby Thain March 31, 2001 at 5:53 am

    Umm… Are you sure??

    It’s actually a good idea to have more than one partition on a Mac – I can advise from experience. Eventually, you’ll experience file system corruption that Disk First Aid can’t fix. And Norton may not be able to fix it either. And if all your eggs are in the one partition, you’re stuffed.

    It’s usually the system partition that gets nuked, and from experience I’d recommend you keep your data separate. (Apple are crazy to ship the machines partitioned the way they are, and with no viable means of backup.)

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