sandbox question

[zdoob]

greetings! another few questions...

i have an external FW 300GB drive partitioned into 4 volumes: clone, sandbox, archive, and other. i have successfully created a clone. now, i just created a sandbox, but had an error at the end. i chose in OPTIONS to restart from the sandbox. once the copying was finished, i got a dialog box saying that logout failed because SD timed out on quit. not a big problem, but worth mentioning.

after i finished, i wondered if i should've created the sandbox from the clone rather than from the internal HD which was the current boot drive. does this matter? is it okay to make a sandbox from the drive you are currently booted from? also, is it okay to continue to work or surf the web while SD is doing its thing?

also, once i run the system updates (and itunes, quicktime updates) on the sandbox... are there procedures or suggestions to determine if the updates are cool and ready to administer to the internal HD? how long do YOU usually wait? AND, once i select my internal HD as the boot drive, and run software update, will those updates show up as installed updates or new software available?

and just a general FW drive question... do i need to "eject" it and turn it off before i shutdown?

thanks!

[dnanian]

The shutdown/quit issue is known, and is something we're working on. We think it only happens when you erase-then-copy a volume, rather than using Smart Update.

You should definitely not create a sandbox from a clone -- you want the shared files to be on the original, boot volume. And, in general, it's OK to do light work while SD is copying (especially a Sandbox).

You don't need to eject FW drives when you shut down -- that happens automatically.

Hope that helps, zdoob.

[zdoob]

you're too fast! you answered my question before i finished editing it to add more questions!!

thanks again for an awesome product and fantastic support!

[dnanian]

There's no hard and fast rule to know when things are ready for applying to the main volume -- you just have to make that judgement yourself...

[zdoob]

hey thanks. also, out of curiosity - if i have my FW drive set as startup/boot (sandbox), and then turn on my mac without having the FW drive on, what will happen?

[dnanian]

It will likely boot to the first internal volume it can find.

[george]

Originally Posted by dnanian

"You should definitely not create a sandbox from a clone -- you want the shared files to be on the original, boot volume."

hmm...SD201 allowed me to create a sandbox from my original boot volume WHILE Booted from a freshly made clone of that volume.

all seems to be functioning as expected. should this practice be frowned upon, or is it simply another way of doing things?

george

[dnanian]

No, that's just fine -- you just don't want to use the clone as the base volume, as it would then be sharing files with the clone, rather than the original.