Mac / pc partitions within the first 4GB?

[rvo_nl]

Something entirely different, back in the days I used to have a dedicated Mac and PC partition to play around with Fusion and PCx. Do I need to keep those partitions within the first 4GB of the harddrive? I now have them 'at the end' of my drive, but Im afraid the emulation uses some form of low-level harddrive access that might cause trouble.

[rvo_nl]

thats quite a useful tip. are hardfiles under fusion/shapeshifter/basilisk faster than partitions too? and the hardfiles can ofcourse be located outside the first 4gb right?

thanks both!

[rvo_nl]

The latest Fusion should work on over 4 GB IIRC but its not guarantied. Never tried it.

do you mean fusionppc?

[rvo_nl]

hehe.. You are right though, about the way you are able to shovel files around using diropus when you mount them as partitions.. The problem is, how do I create Mac, PC, OS3.9 and OS4 partitions all within 4GB? Could start a new topic just for that, but perhaps someone reading this (you, kvasir?) might have an idea..

What about this:

OS3.1 - 25MB
OS3.9 - 1500MB
OS4.0 - 1500MB
MAC - 800MB
PC - 500MB

Is 500MB enough to install win95? (and what about win98, while I'm at it )
Is 800MB enough for MacOS8.2 plus lotsa games/apps?

Sigh.. a 120GB drive and only the 4GB available for operating systems.. How inefficient.

[rvo_nl]

Remember, the 4GB limit only applies to a *stock* 3.1 system. A 3.1 system with the patches Thomas described, 3.9, and 4.0 can use all of your 120GB drive - only the boot partitions need to be in the first 4GB, and they don't need to be especially huge. You can put your programs/images/music/etc on other partitions.

yeah I know. boot partitions and emulation partitions.

[rvo_nl]

Kvasir, thanks for your VERY informative reply. With this I think I am able to set everything up the way I want to. Running Win98lite would be a fun thing to try out, but before that I will have to install SFS and setup the drive the way I described.

Hope that blizzard didnt catch ya, might need your help later on