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I have a small SSD that has both Windows and OS X on it. Up until now it has been possible to run Snow Leopard off a 10 GB partition, but I always have to do some hacks to get installers to install apps to my 1TB storage drive (where my home folder is located).
Of course I want to upgrade to Lion. Short of wiping myself off my SSD (which would be a shame!) I could attempt to create a symbolic link to /Applications on my 1TB drive and see if the Mac App Store will download the 4GB there. I would also try to create the 8GB partition there. I suppose that's my only option for attempting an SSD install?
*Can I upgrade my Snow Leopard installation when the 8GB installer partition is on another drive?*
Actually, what if I use my Mac to install Lion, then create the DVD.. would that improve my plight any?
If I can't make the SSD work I guess I'll have to somehow copy my startup drive to my 1TB storage drive, and then maybe use the 10GB SSD partition to launch apps. If I can't do anything else with it, I wonder if there's a way to extend the NTFS partition into the remaining 10GB... ?
Of course I want to upgrade to Lion. Short of wiping myself off my SSD (which would be a shame!) I could attempt to create a symbolic link to /Applications on my 1TB drive and see if the Mac App Store will download the 4GB there. I would also try to create the 8GB partition there. I suppose that's my only option for attempting an SSD install?
*Can I upgrade my Snow Leopard installation when the 8GB installer partition is on another drive?*
Actually, what if I use my Mac to install Lion, then create the DVD.. would that improve my plight any?
If I can't make the SSD work I guess I'll have to somehow copy my startup drive to my 1TB storage drive, and then maybe use the 10GB SSD partition to launch apps. If I can't do anything else with it, I wonder if there's a way to extend the NTFS partition into the remaining 10GB... ?