data partition

[Ron Smith]

Well, it's really up to you and how you use the machine.

Here is how Terra Soft does it:

http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/apple/partitions.shtml

I have a 20GB drive, so I made a smaller partition for OS X because I=20
only use it for a few applications that do not take up much disk space =20=

and I made the shared partition larger because 1GB just didn't seem=20
very big. I gave the majority of the drive to Linux because I use it=20
the most and know that it will grow in size as I use it.

I believe that the minimum disk space required for OS X is 1.5GB (OS 9=20=

will fit in 300MB). The minimums for YDL depend on which install you=20
choose:

http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/products/faq/drive_space.shtml

I have received quite a bit of feedback on this, so as Jason suggested,=20=

I will start working on some instructions and try to include some of=20
the things to look out for... there are a few things to consider when=20
mounting the partition because it interacts with MOL. Basically MOL=20
can't use it if Linux has it mounted, so it needs to be unmounted in=20
Linux before starting MOL, then MOL will mount it automatically and it=20=

will just show up as a second drive under OS X (or OS 9).

On Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at 02:29 AM, a.b.z@gmx.net wrote:

> Hey Ron, this is a nice hint!
> As I anyway have to repartition: what is the minimal/optimal space
> recommended for the OSX and YDL
> partitions?
> Thanks,
> Arno
>
>
>> I "cheated" when I did this. I looked at the preconfigured apple
>> systems that Terrasoft sells and they came (not sure if they still =
do,
>> they updated that part of the site recently) with an "extra" =
partition
>> that was formatted HFS, which both YDL and OS X can mount to read and
>> write to. It works great, any data that I have that I am likely to=20
>> want
>> to use in both OSes I save to that partition. That way no matter =
which
>> OS I am booted into the data I need is "just there."
>>
>> -Ron
>>
>> On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 05:06 PM, Arno Bletzinger wrote:
>>
>>> Hello!
>>> Before installing I partitioned the HD in three parts: YDL,=20
>>> data(free)
>>> and OSX. The idea of the middle part is to have a data parition =
which
>>> I can access from both systems.
>>> But can I do this, as this part isn't HFS+ nor ext3? What would I=20
>>> have
>>> to choose?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Arno
>>>
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