ym3y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (06/14/91)
The other day I was poking around with HD SC setup (is that the right name? its the setup program on the disk tools disk that comes with the mac) and decided what the hell, lets look at what the partitions button does. I was surprised to see an analysis of the partitions existing on my drive (I had made NONE myself). My LC w/40 mb hard drive turned out to have 16k devoted to a partition for the mac driver (ok, that makes sense), 40,000k devoted to Macintosh HD (obviously), and 992k devoted to Apple_Free(!) This "Apple_Free" thing also appears not to be used, judging from the way its presented graphically, but that seems open to interpretation. Well, 992k isn't so much, but then again, I do only have a few Mb free and while getting an extra Mb on my disk wouldn't forestall an eventual second drive, it wouldn't hurt either. So my question is, what can I do with these 992k? Can I just expand the Macintosh HD partition into them or are they actually taboo? Kazys Varnelis YM3Y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
davide@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Dave Edmondson;E208) (06/18/91)
In <1991Jun14.092538.5480@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> ym3y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes: ----- > My LC w/40 mb hard drive turned out to have 16k devoted to a partition >for the mac driver (ok, that makes sense), 40,000k devoted to Macintosh HD >(obviously), and 992k devoted to Apple_Free(!) This "Apple_Free" thing also >appears not to be used, judging from the way its presented graphically, but >that seems open to interpretation. ----- >So my question is, what can I do with these 992k? Can I just expand the >Macintosh HD partition into them or are they actually taboo? The Apple_Free partition is a way of making physically different drives appear logically the same. For example the old 5.25 inch HD40s had a litte more space than the later 3.5 inch HD40s but unless you have fiddled with the partitioning they will appear the same size because HD setup allocates a spare partition to fill up the space beyond a standard size. Dave -- David Edmondson ARPA: davide@dcs.qmw.ac.uk Dept of Computer Science Tel: 071-975 5250 (Fax: 081-980 6533) Queen Mary & Westfield College DoD#0777 Guzzi Le Mans 1000
jonh@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Jon Howell) (06/19/91)
<> My LC w/40 mb hard drive turned out to have 16k devoted to a partition
<>for the mac driver (ok, that makes sense), 40,000k devoted to Macintosh HD
<>(obviously), and 992k devoted to Apple_Free(!) This "Apple_Free" thing also
<>appears not to be used, judging from the way its presented graphically, but
<>that seems open to interpretation.
<-----
<>So my question is, what can I do with these 992k? Can I just expand the
<>Macintosh HD partition into them or are they actually taboo?
<
<The Apple_Free partition is a way of making physically different drives appear
<logically the same. For example the old 5.25 inch HD40s had a litte more
<space than the later 3.5 inch HD40s but unless you have fiddled with the
<partitioning they will appear the same size because HD setup allocates a spare
<partition to fill up the space beyond a standard size.
Alright! So, can we, who don't CARE if our disk is the same number of bytes
as the Jones', grab that last almost-a-meg? I'm poor and I'll swipe every
meg I can get!
--Jon
--
Jon Howell jonh@pogo.wv.tek.com 6417 Sorrel Way
503/657-7964 West Linn, OR 97608
What good is having someone who can walk on water if you don't follow
in his footsteps? -- fortunelamont@convex.com (Bradley Lamont) (06/19/91)
In <11094@pogo.WV.TEK.COM> jonh@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Jon Howell) writes: ><> My LC w/40 mb hard drive turned out to have 16k devoted to a partition ><>for the mac driver (ok, that makes sense), 40,000k devoted to Macintosh HD ><>(obviously), and 992k devoted to Apple_Free(!) This "Apple_Free" thing also ><>appears not to be used, judging from the way its presented graphically, but ><>that seems open to interpretation. ><----- ><>So my question is, what can I do with these 992k? Can I just expand the ><>Macintosh HD partition into them or are they actually taboo? >< ><The Apple_Free partition is a way of making physically different drives appear ><logically the same. For example the old 5.25 inch HD40s had a litte more ><space than the later 3.5 inch HD40s but unless you have fiddled with the ><partitioning they will appear the same size because HD setup allocates a spare ><partition to fill up the space beyond a standard size. >Alright! So, can we, who don't CARE if our disk is the same number of bytes >as the Jones', grab that last almost-a-meg? I'm poor and I'll swipe every >meg I can get! Yes. You will have to backup your hard drive frist because it will be necessary to remove the old partition first and then create a new one which will be larger by the 992k. I did this on my Mac SE 20meg drive, increasing it from 20 meg to 21 meg about 1 1/2 years ago and have had no problems ever. Later, Brad Lamont