Going from Dual boot to total Mac OS Question

I'm reformatting my Dual boot system to a total mac OS. Should I install my music programs on my main Mac HD, ( I already have mainly art programs on my Mac HD), Or, should I install them on the reformatted HD?
Logic Pro 9 is already installed on my Mac HD.

arrays are only to be done with identical drives - make/model and revision
something else may be wrong for them to take so long, assuming you turn off the energy saver setting to spin down drives when not in use which you would cause 20 seconds or more for a drive to spin back up
40GB is about average for Mac OS, so it fits on a SSD and instant response
if they are more than two years old consider using for backup and archive only and see if you can invest in any such as one for timemachine, use the 700 for clone and 1TB for data
Windows on its own drive too or split an SSD - Samsung 840 240GB $170 would hold both nicely, 100GB each OS
Samsung MZ-7TD250BW 840 Series Solid State Drive (SSD) 250 GB Sata 2.5-Inch
WD Black Desktop 1TB SATA 6.0 GB/s 7200 RPM 3.5-Inch Internal Desktop Hard Drive Retail Kit

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Hi Everyone, first post...I want to thank you in advance for any assistance you are able to provide.
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saplogon.ini (I believe it's item 4 that is the full config for the server I'm trying to connect to)
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SapguiTraceActivated=0
SapguiTraceLevel=1
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Item3=
Item4=
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Item1=
Item2=
Item3=
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Item6=
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Item2=0
Item3=0
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Item5=0
Item6=0
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Item2=01
Item3=34
Item4=88
Item5=26
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Item2=3
Item3=3
Item4=3
Item5=3
Item6=3
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Item2=ASNA TST
Item3=GI7
Item4=GP8
Item5=JPF
Item6=JPW
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Item2=
Item3=
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Item6=
[MSSysName]
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Item2=TST
Item3=GI7
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Item6=JPW
[MSSrvName]
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Item2=
Item3=
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Item2=
Item3=
Item4=sapmsGP8
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Item6=
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Item3=-1
Item4=-1
Item5=-1
Item6=-1
[SncName]
Item1=
Item2=
Item3=
Item4=
Item5=
Item6=
[SncChoice]
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Item2=-1
Item3=-1
Item4=-1
Item5=-1
Item6=-1
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Item1=1100
Item2=1100
Item3=1100
Item4=1100
Item5=1100
Item6=1100
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Item2=-1
Item3=-1
Item4=-1
Item5=-1
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Item2=USEREDIT
Item3=USEREDIT
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Item2=0
Item3=0
Item4=0
Item5=0
Item6=0
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Item3=0
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Item2=
Item3=
Item4=
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Item6=
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Item6=
[ShortcutTo]
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Item2=
Item3=
Item4=
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Thanks so much for your time
John
Edited by: nstabl on Feb 27, 2012 10:07 PM

Hello John,
please try the "SAP GUI for Java Configuration Generator Scripts" available at http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-25456#section9 .
For using the message server to connect to GP8, the information of the port number of the message server for GP8 is missing. For direct connection to GP8, it might work to use the connection string "conn=/H/gp8001.trans.de/S/3288" .
Best regards
Rolf-Martin
Message was edited by: Rolf-Martin Woersinger
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Salutations!
Due to my assignment, I need to get mac mini device which support dual boot.
Which mac mini device model/firmware can we install dual boot(Lion and Mt Lion) on it?
I got late 2012 one, but it looks like it does not support.
Please help me.
Thank you so much,
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Hi Niel,
Thank you for your fast reply. So if I buy mac mini MC815 model, which comes with preinstalled Lion I can run dual boot(Lion and Mt Lion)?
I have one more question: Can I install Mac OS 10.6 on that mini device? If it's not supported which mac mini model can I get to support Snow Leopard and Lion and Mt Lion?
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