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Syko · 30 May 2003, 18:31

500MB!!!! my A4000 has 120MB System partition, everything else is on the rest of the 1.7GB HD.

A big system partition slows down the boot proccess, and if anything goes wrong with it, takes an age to validate/verify in disksalve.

I would never recomend anything larger than 250MB for system, 1GB for programes and as many 1.9GB partitions as you need for data. If you've got loads of fonts for DTP, put them in your DTP directory, and use an assign...

Yes I know you can have larger partitions, but I've not seen any file that needs more than 1.9GB apart from DVD rips.... KISS keep it simple, stupid. Works for engineering and the band

30 May 2003, 18:31	#13
Syko Now got GSX750F :)) Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Halifax UK Age: 59 Posts: 584	500MB!!!! my A4000 has 120MB System partition, everything else is on the rest of the 1.7GB HD. A big system partition slows down the boot proccess, and if anything goes wrong with it, takes an age to validate/verify in disksalve. I would never recomend anything larger than 250MB for system, 1GB for programes and as many 1.9GB partitions as you need for data. If you've got loads of fonts for DTP, put them in your DTP directory, and use an assign... Yes I know you can have larger partitions, but I've not seen any file that needs more than 1.9GB apart from DVD rips.... KISS keep it simple, stupid. Works for engineering and the band