OS 10.4 - System Drive Size

planetfiber · planetfiber #1 (**permalink**)

11-21-2007, 12:33 PM

Hi, I tried searching but nothing turned up.

Somebody once told me that it was not recommended to have a system drive larger than 160 Gb. Is this true?

Specific question:

Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0 Ghz (Late 2005), running Tiger.

I have a 160 Gb system drive and a 320 Gb second drive. Thinking of switching the 320 Gb drive to be the system drive and getting a 500 Gb second drive. Not thinking about upgrading to Leopard anytime soon.

Will this give me any unwanted trouble?

thanks for your help!

sevenhelmet · sevenhelmet #2 (**permalink**)

11-21-2007, 01:04 PM

Nope, should work just fine. Size matters not.

kirby14 · kirby14 #3 (**permalink**)

11-21-2007, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sevenhelmet

Size matters not.

Good thing this is a clean forum...

baggss · baggss #4 (**permalink**)

11-21-2007, 02:50 PM

My boot drive on my Quad is a 500Gb drive with 2 partitions (250Gb each). Works fine.

planetfiber #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 30, 2005 Location: Chile Posts: 49 Mac Specs: MBP 15" '09 2.53 Ghz, 4 Gb Ram /PB G4 12" 1.5 Ghz, 1.25 Gb Ram / MBP 2.16 Ghz, 2 Gb Ram, iPhone 4	11-21-2007, 12:33 PM Hi, I tried searching but nothing turned up. Somebody once told me that it was not recommended to have a system drive larger than 160 Gb. Is this true? Specific question: Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0 Ghz (Late 2005), running Tiger. I have a 160 Gb system drive and a 320 Gb second drive. Thinking of switching the 320 Gb drive to be the system drive and getting a 500 Gb second drive. Not thinking about upgrading to Leopard anytime soon. Will this give me any unwanted trouble? thanks for your help! I drank what?
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sevenhelmet #2 (permalink)
Member Since: May 12, 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 538 Mac Specs: Aluminum Macbook 2.4Ghz; Powermac G5 2.3Ghz dual	11-21-2007, 01:04 PM Nope, should work just fine. Size matters not. "Luck favors the prepared"
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Member Since: Oct 10, 2004 Location: Margaritaville Posts: 10,306 Mac Specs: 27" 3.4 Ghz i7 iMac-13" C2D Macbook-OSX 18.8.2-64Gb iPad 2-32 Gb iPhone 5-ATV 2-14Tb of Storage	11-21-2007, 02:50 PM My boot drive on my Quad is a 500Gb drive with 2 partitions (250Gb each). Works fine.
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