Dual OS X installs on same HD

Milan Adamov madamov at kc.gov.yu
Wed Jun 11 06:27:01 PDT 2003


At 3:01 PM +0200 6/11/03, J. Todd Slack wrote:
>Hi,
>
>>>But can I partition my drive in my Powerbook and have 2 OS X 
>>>installs on 2 separate partitions?
>>>
>>
>>Yes, you can.
>
>and I would just switch between them using the StartUp Drive System 
>Preferences Pane...Like when I used to for OS 9

Yes, and by holding Option key at startup.

>hmm, I think that I am going to be off partitioning..
>
>I want a test bed to test stuff out (maybe Panther after WWDC)
>
>What is the minimum that OS X install takes up? I don't want to give 
>test a lot of space, but enough for an install with a bit of room 
>for playing comfortably.
>

I think 3GB would be enough. My test partition is 4GBs and I have 
more than 1GB free on it.

Milan



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