{"id":64,"date":"2003-11-04T04:39:00","date_gmt":"2003-11-04T04:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jclark.org\/weblog\/Apple\/OSX\/upgrading3.html"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"upgrading3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jclark.org\/weblog\/2003\/11\/04\/upgrading3\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrading, Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, that went well. I repartitioned my drive, and reinstalled Panther<\/a>. As soon as it was done, I installed the Developer tools<\/a>. When this was finished, I used Swap Cop<\/a> to move my swap folder to the partition I created for it. This worked perfectly. <\/p>\n

I then followed these instuctions<\/a> to complete the process of installing OS X<\/span> on multiple partitions. I skipped the parts dealing with swap files, since Swap Cop took care of that. I also found that the instructions for hiding the extra volumes (using \/Developer\/Tools\/SetFile) from the desktop didn’t quite work as advertised. The first time I installed Panther (before I repartitioned<\/a>), the volumes weren’t hidden after adding the commands to \/etc\/rc. I tested them manually from Terminal, and they worked, so I moved them to nearer the end of the file, and all was well. This time I started them near the end of the file, but it didn’t work. I ran them by hand, and now they are hidden. I’ll probably remove them from \/etc\/rc and see if the volumes return. I’m guessing SetFile makes permament changes, and doesn’t need to be run at every startup.<\/p>\n

I’ve gotten Mail restored. In addition to a backup of ~username\/Library\/Mail, you also need a backup of ~username\/Library\/Preferences\/com.apple.mail.plist. Firebird<\/a> 0.7.1 is installed (along with Tabbrowser Extentions), and my bookmarks are restored. NetNewsWire<\/a> is installed, and my subscriptions restored. Restoring com.ranchero.NetNewsWire.plist works much better than importing an OPML<\/span> file.<\/p>\n

Now I’m building Fink<\/a> 0.6.1 from the tarball. It’s supposed to play nice with 10.3, and detect the presence of X11,<\/span> but that didn’t happen when I installed from binaries. So, I’ll try the build source route. I created \/Applications\/sw to house Fink, and a symlink for it as \/sw. This will let Fink live on the Applications partition, and still be accessible via the recomended path. The binary installer will handle this automatically if you go that route.<\/p>\n

So, in addition to a 750meg swap partition, my drive layout and usage breaks down like this:<\/p>\n

\n\/dev\/disk0s4              5.9G   3.8G   2.0G    66%    \/\n\/dev\/disk0s6              5.9G   440M   5.4G     7%    \/Applications\n\/dev\/disk0s8               24G   4.3G    20G    18%    \/Users\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
So far, so good.  And Expose still<\/em> rocks.   <\/p>\n
(UPDATE) Warning:<\/strong> Before you decide to partition your drive, read why I am using a single partition again<\/a>.  If you do partition, be sure to make your System partition big enough.  Some applications (e.g., GarageBand) put files into \/Library, which is on your System partition.  GarageBand + JamPack put 4.5G into \/Library.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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