newbie iPod questions :)

[rubikube]

Hi all,

I'm anxiously waiting for my 30GB iPod to arrive and would like to find out more about what I am able to do with it. I searched the forum and here are some of the outstanding questions I have, if its been covered I'd really appreciate it if you could direct me to the appropriate link, thanks!

1) Transfer of MP3 from Cube to Pbook: I *need* to get my tunes from my cube to pbook and I've read that some guys have experienced a complete wipe of their iPod (gulp). Should I transfer the entire library manually to my iPod and then on to the Pbook?

2) Partition iPod: I'd like to CCC a working installation of OSX on the iPod just in case my pbook fails - should I partition my iPod in that case (or is it even possible/advisable to do so)? I'm thinking that partitioning the iPod would be neater and easier to CCC.

3) Notes/Cal/Addresses: If I choose to sync these with my iPod on my Cube (primary machine) would I be able to easily sync it to my Pbook as well since that will be my new primary machine.

4) Scandisk/maintainence etc: Is the scandisk feature of the iPod somewhat similar to the Disk Utility in OSX? If so, how necessary is it to run them? Just want to keep my precious in sound (pun intended) condition

Thanks much in advance!