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From: MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: A question about hard disks (300 megabytes or so)...
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Date: 10 Jan 90 03:34:58 GMT
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jtn@zodiac.ADS.COM (John Nelson) writes:
 
>Are there any probl;ems with connecting 300 megabyte disks (.vis. 345
>Maxtor or Imprimis/Wren) to the Macintosh?  Can the Finder actually
>handle that much space?
 
I have a 300MB Wren IV and have no problems. I've increased the Finder
MF partition size to 256k, but that's mainly to speed file copying.
 
>Do I need to do anything funny with partitioning the disk or can it
>be just one big partition.
 
Mine's one big partition. Disk First Aid takes quite some time to
verify the directory structure, but that's about the only drawback I
can think of.
 
I also use Desktop Manager, which I recommend highly if you have a
large single volume.
 
>What if I do partition the disk?  Can the Finder open each parititon
>as a seperate volume?
 
Yes.
 
>Can the IIx power supply handle the power requirements of big disks
>like this?
 
Probably, but if it were me, I'd get an external drive. Portability
and easy accessibility far outweigh the hassle of having to turn the
thing off every night and on in the morning.
 
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