Minimum OS X Disk Partion Size?

[bobber205]

I'm trying to get a big enough partition to put WoW on. (How big should I make it and still have maybe 1 gig left?)

Bootcamp won't let me make the OS X partion any smaller than 5 gig. Why is this? I was going to make it small just for the time being, to see if I got better performance out of WoW under XP.

EDIT: Could it be because I have a firmware password?

EDIT2: I tried disabling my firmware password, but it's still giving me that error.

 

[bobber205]

Talk About Stupid

See pic.

Now I've got to back up all my files to get WoW on windows. Any comments on this?

It's a good thing I have the cds to do it.

 

[jhu]

I'm trying to get a big enough partition to put WoW on. (How big should I make it and still have maybe 1 gig left?)

Bootcamp won't let me make the OS X partion any smaller than 5 gig. Why is this? I was going to make it small just for the time being, to see if I got better performance out of WoW under XP.

EDIT: Could it be because I have a firmware password?

EDIT2: I tried disabling my firmware password, but it's still giving me that error.

why would the size of the windows partition matter to the performance of wow?

 

[bobber205]

I had only about 2 gigs of space left.

 

[Marble]

The partition size is limited to a certain fraction of the total for some reason. Perhaps one of the third-party partitioning tools could do it for you. I know you could make very small partitions using OS 9's utility.

 

[bobber205]

Turns out my disk is so fragmented it can't find a big enough chunk.

So I'm copying all of my music and video files and everything else I can't get again onto a local computer with lots of HD space left and I'll just reinstall.

 

[furious]

minimum boot-camp size is 5gb i think. so that the amount of space you would need. a buy an external hdd to keep the movies on. saves tons of space.

 

[bobber205]

Any suggestions for the frugal shopper on the HD?

 

[knome]

windows takes up 3.5 just to install. I suggest atleast 15 gigs.