Scratch Disks

[digitalpencil]

Hi,
Due to the startup disk on my ibook being permanently crammed, I would like to assign my external disk as a secondary scratch. Pshop offers this feature but does not list the disk under available media, can pshop access external usb drives as scratch disks?
My specs are as follows.
ibook g4 (1.25gb RAM, 40gb (HFS+)
ext usb2, 300gb maxtor (fat32)

All advice is much appreciated,
Thanks,
digipencil

 

[kentucky]

I have used an external drive as a scratch disk. I didn't have any problems.

 

[digitalpencil]

What os?
what disk format (fat32, ntfs, hfs etc)?
what interface (usb, fw)?

Thanks,
digipencil

 

[jimoblak]

If all you have is a USB1 connection from your laptop, using an external scratch disk is pointless. The data access is too slow with USB1.

I'd look for a larger internal drive or use a firewire drive if a connection is available.

 

[digitalpencil]

It isn't usb1, and i'm not talking about interface speed.
i'm talking about pshop's ability to read fat32 disks as scratches.
Illustrator lists the disk, pshop does not.
Do i have to format the disk to HFS+ for pshop to be able to use the disk as a scratch?