[oexecbmug]

- How do you partition a drive? W/9 on one side/X other side? Do you need to do this to run airport 1.3.1? Why would one want both systems on drive?


- Memory window shows 256.When you order 256k installed what happened to the 64k Why not a unit now 320 or is a 192 installed or is the 64 pulled and a 256 installed?

Any new hard copy publication out about the iBook (USB) model with answers to basic concept questions concerning this model?

[zigzag]

Originally posted by oexecbmug:
<STRONG>- How do you partition a drive? W/9 on one side/X other side? Do you need to do this to run airport 1.3.1? Why would one want both systems on drive?

- Memory window shows 256.When you order 256k installed what happened to the 64k Why not a unit now 320 or is a 192 installed or is the 64 pulled and a 256 installed?

Any new hard copy publication out about the iBook (USB) model with answers to basic concept questions concerning this model?</STRONG>

You partition a drive by starting up from another drive (e.g. an OS 9 CD) and opening the Drive Setup program. Select the drive you want to partition (e.g. Macintosh HD), choose how many partitions you want (there is always at least 1 partition by default), and how big you want each one to be. Then hit the "intitialize" button. Note that this will completely erase the drive and you will then have to re-install everything.

Some people want OS 9.1 and OS X on different partitions so that they don't interfere with one another. If one fails, they can use the other one independently. Apple, however, installs both on the same partition on new machines. Not everyone thinks it's necessary to have them on separate drives or partitions.

I don't know the answer to your Airport question.

As for your memory question, which model do you have? If you order a model with 256 MB total, you get 256, not 256 + 64. You probably have 128 built-in and an extra 128 module. Open "Apple System Profiler" from your Apple Menu, click on "Memory", and it should tell you exactly what you have.

Don't know of any books out about the new iBook yet. "Mac OS 9: The Missing Manual" by David Pogue is an excellent general guide.

[oexecbmug]

Thank you for the information.

Thus if I add more memory : with the 128 chip alrady there; in the future, I could end up with 384 or up to 640?

I will look for david Pogue's book.

HC

[bradoesch]

Originally posted by oexecbmug:
<STRONG>Thank you for the information.

Thus if I add more memory : with the 128 chip alrady there; in the future, I could end up with 384 or up to 640?

I will look for david Pogue's book.

HC </STRONG>

Just remember that all of your slots are full. You will need to pull out the 128MB chip to put something bigger in. And the other 128MB is soldered to the mobo, I believe.

[nigeljedi]

Just remember that all of your slots are full. You will need to pull out the 128MB chip to put something bigger in. And the other 128MB is soldered to the mobo, I believe.

In the new iBook? I thought it was configured like the Powerbooks where there was one removable RAM slot on top and one on bottom...hmmmmmm. Don't know. I'm probably wrong (again!).

[aaanorton]

Originally posted by nigeljedi:
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In the new iBook? I thought it was configured like the Powerbooks where there was one removable RAM slot on top and one on bottom...hmmmmmm. Don't know. I'm probably wrong (again!).</STRONG>

Apple solders either 64 or 128 MB of RAM directly on mobo. Therefore, with a 512 MB upgrade you will end up with 576 or 640 MB, depending on which model you originally ordered. http://www.info.apple.com/info.apple...ec.taf?RID=404

It doesn't make sense to order one with only 64 as you're then locked into it short of a new mobo.
Cliff