huong23 Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 I got OSx86 installed with the default 6GB partition. So far it has about 1.4GB free..is this enough for the OS to function properly? I have 512MB of ram so it rarely uses virtual memory. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2049-how-much-free-space-for-osx86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSuRgEx Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 right ive seen that there has been lots of people viewing your thread but no one has botherd to reply. as long as you have more than 6gb for the install you will be ok. make your osx partition about 10gb, then that way you will have some room to install other apps etc.. hope that helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2049-how-much-free-space-for-osx86/#findComment-13359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
huong23 Posted September 7, 2005 Author Share Posted September 7, 2005 I'm planning to resize my OSx partition. Here's my plan, please correct me on anything if it'll be a problem Laptop HD total capacity: 27GB (as calculated by windows) use Partition Magic Pro to resize drive to: * XP Partition: 11GB (4GB XP data + 6GB deadmoo's image) * OSx86 temporary: 6GB (install deadmoo's image on this first) * OSx86 real partition: 10GB (I'll use cfdisk in Ubuntu to set filesystem to A8 or Darwin FS, install Darwin on this partition, boot back to my 6GB partition, use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my 6GB -> 10GB drive) When finished: delete 6GB partition, resize XP partition to 17GB. Will the method above work? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2049-how-much-free-space-for-osx86/#findComment-13475 Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Will the method above work? Yes. Your plan has already been discussed on other threads. PS. NEC 3500AG DVD burner (recognized by OSx86...I think it's functional) Why don't you just go the DVD patched route instead of using deadmoo + 6gig partition? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2049-how-much-free-space-for-osx86/#findComment-13676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
huong23 Posted September 7, 2005 Author Share Posted September 7, 2005 Yes. Your plan has already been discussed on other threads. PS. Why don't you just go the DVD patched route instead of using deadmoo + 6gig partition? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Heh heh..good idea. if I go the DVD patch route, will Tiger disk utility recognize my NTFS partition and not overwrite it? Or should I allocate XP: 17GB , OSx86: 10GB and use Ubuntu live CD to set the filesystem for the 10GB partition to AF to get Tiger Disk Utility to recognize it during setup? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2049-how-much-free-space-for-osx86/#findComment-13712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Hi, those are questions you will need to research as it has been discussed more than a handfull of times since test3 was released. There are different routes so I do not dare say which one is the best. Its really up to you and which you are most comfortable with. Best of luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2049-how-much-free-space-for-osx86/#findComment-13718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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