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<blockquote data-quote="dcow" data-source="post: 1000511" data-attributes="member: 139944">There are differences.&nbsp; Mac is based on UNIX but it is not UNIX.&nbsp; For example, Apple uses their own program, bless, to deal with boot configurations.&nbsp; You will not find bless on a unix system.&nbsp; There are a lot of similarities though.&nbsp; You will find VIM, ssh, and md5/SHA1 and such.&nbsp; I think it even has built in perl support.&nbsp; And of course it runs a bash shell so you get all those commands.As far as your original question:I have not tested this but here is my suggestion.&nbsp; Alias your home folder to the root of your DATA partition.&nbsp; This would require you to move the contents of your home folder to your data partition, then in your User folder, create an alias named EXACTLY what your home folder was called and point it to the root of your DATA partition.&nbsp; Remember, use a SYMBOLIC link and NOT a hardlink.&nbsp; Hardlinks are bad (but if you have trouble with a SYM link we could look into using a hardlink as a last resort).If you don't like that solution let me know and we could probably figure out another one.&nbsp; There is a UNION option with mount to mount a file system in union with a folder, I don't think that what you'll want though.&nbsp; The other option would be to delete your home folder and mount your data partition there, however, to do this you will have to alter the boot script that mounts your drives so that DATA is always mounted where your home folder should be.As far as the RAM.&nbsp; Listen to bobtomy and go to the Crucial website and just order from there.&nbsp; It is the best way to get RAM for a Mac.&nbsp; Most likely, using a higher speed will not be beneficial.&nbsp; Macs are not pcs and you don't get the flexibility to mess with your 'bios' (the EFI environment).. not officially anyway.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dcow, post: 1000511, member: 139944"] There are differences. Mac is based on UNIX but it is not UNIX. For example, Apple uses their own program, bless, to deal with boot configurations. You will not find bless on a unix system. There are a lot of similarities though. You will find VIM, ssh, and md5/SHA1 and such. I think it even has built in perl support. And of course it runs a bash shell so you get all those commands. As far as your original question: I have not tested this but here is my suggestion. Alias your home folder to the root of your DATA partition. This would require you to move the contents of your home folder to your data partition, then in your User folder, create an alias named EXACTLY what your home folder was called and point it to the root of your DATA partition. Remember, use a SYMBOLIC link and NOT a hardlink. Hardlinks are bad (but if you have trouble with a SYM link we could look into using a hardlink as a last resort). If you don't like that solution let me know and we could probably figure out another one. There is a UNION option with mount to mount a file system in union with a folder, I don't think that what you'll want though. The other option would be to delete your home folder and mount your data partition there, however, to do this you will have to alter the boot script that mounts your drives so that DATA is always mounted where your home folder should be. As far as the RAM. Listen to bobtomy and go to the Crucial website and just order from there. It is the best way to get RAM for a Mac. Most likely, using a higher speed will not be beneficial. Macs are not pcs and you don't get the flexibility to mess with your 'bios' (the EFI environment).. not officially anyway. [/QUOTE]

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