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Re: partitioning hard drive
« on: September 09, 2008, 04:50:01 PM »
The whole partitioning thing seems to be a matter of opinion/system setup, and if 1 partition works well on your system I would stick with it. Traditionally, Amigas like to have 2 partitions, 1 for system files (Workbench install, drivers, libraries, etc...), and 1 for applications (office software, internet stuff, games, etc...). Some people like using a temporary file partition, and use that for dumping temp. downloads, internet caches, even virtual memory. I personally have 5 partitions, but thats because I play with emulators alot, so I have the 2 usual Work: and System: partitions is SFS, as well as 2 FAT16 partitions for pc-task (1 for win3.11, 1 for win95, if somebody knows how to get GRUB or something similar working on pc-task, I'll prolly drop that to 1 partition), and a MFS partition for Shapeshifter. Been thinking of setting up a partition for internet cache use, but would be a bit more effort than I have time for these days. But again, if one partition works, I'd just run with that. The nice thing about Amiga is its flexable enough to fit almost anyones personal taste in such matters.
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