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Hi guys,
I've just ordered a 500gb USB2 external drive as I'm running a little low on space on both my Intel iMac and Vaio laptop. I need some advice on how to partition format the drive to get best use out of it. Is it possible to partition the drive into the following:
200gb MacOS media
200gb NTFS (PC) media
100gb MacOS leopard OS installation
I know there are filesystem overheads so I wont quite get that much space, but we'll just talk in round numbers here.
My bro is heading back from the states soon and went to WWDC07, so he claims to have the new leopard build. He wouldn't give me the last build he had from the developers site, so its not likely he'll give me this one, but in case I find a way to pilfer it off him, I want to know if its possible to install it to the external HDD while having these other partitions present on the drive.
Thanks in advance.
I've just ordered a 500gb USB2 external drive as I'm running a little low on space on both my Intel iMac and Vaio laptop. I need some advice on how to partition format the drive to get best use out of it. Is it possible to partition the drive into the following:
200gb MacOS media
200gb NTFS (PC) media
100gb MacOS leopard OS installation
I know there are filesystem overheads so I wont quite get that much space, but we'll just talk in round numbers here.
My bro is heading back from the states soon and went to WWDC07, so he claims to have the new leopard build. He wouldn't give me the last build he had from the developers site, so its not likely he'll give me this one, but in case I find a way to pilfer it off him, I want to know if its possible to install it to the external HDD while having these other partitions present on the drive.
Thanks in advance.