fontace Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Usually, when installing Windows or Linux, I always split the System files from the Users files. With Mac OS X, things are a bit different because, even if we can create a lot of partitions during installation, we can not choose what to store inside them. At least I haven't seen such a possibility. I know that we can change the Home directory of a user through the System Preferences. All we have to do is to copy the content of its Home to the new location before the change. Exactly as moving the "My Documents" folder under Windows. My questions are: Is this the only way to do it? What about file permissions... what should they be and how to change them? What partition size is needed by Mac OS to live well? My goal: having two partitions so I can make an image of the system then restore it when I want without loosing any user data. I must not be alone to wish that! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89127-optimal-partition-scheme/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
elviejo Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 If you are using Leopard you only need to have the two partitions and use one of them for backup with Time Machine, that way you can restore without loosing anything; the only catch if making the disk you are going to restore bootable after the restoration take place. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89127-optimal-partition-scheme/#findComment-636157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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