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From: matt neuburg on 15 Oct 2006 17:23 Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > matt neuburg wrote: > > > > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > > > I installed O.S. X.46 onto two external La Cie drives a few months ago. > > > > > > I was able to start my desktop G4 several times using each drive, but > > > now neither drive will start the computer after I choose the respective > > > drives to be the start drives in my G4's O.S. 9.22 Startup control panel. > > > > If there's room, install X onto your internal drive instead. > > I don't want to do that yet because I'm just starting to learn X, and I > would no longer be able to start from 9, which is a scary prospect. You didn't read what I wrote (and you didn't quote it fully either). Okay, I'm outta here. Some people would rather whine than be helped. m. -- matt neuburg, phd = matt(a)tidbits.com, http://www.tidbits.com/matt/ Tiger - http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/tiger-customizing.html AppleScript - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596102119 Read TidBITS! It's free and smart. http://www.tidbits.com
From: Mike Rosenberg on 15 Oct 2006 17:28 matt neuburg <matt(a)tidbits.com> wrote: > You didn't read what I wrote (and you didn't quote it fully either). > Okay, I'm outta here. Some people would rather whine than be helped. In all fairness, yes, you did say "X and 9 can coexist completely, without partitioning or anything," but it's possible he misinterpreted that, perhaps believing you meant you can use OS 9 as Classic that way. -- <http://designsbymike.biz/macconsultshop.shtml> Mac-themed T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/musings.shtml> Mostly muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/prius.shtml> Prius shirts & bumper stickers <http://cafepress.com/comedancing> Ballroom dance-themed shirts & gift
From: Tom Stiller on 15 Oct 2006 17:57 In article <michelle-3FD70B.14103415102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <4532A0B1.BE2B9C6(a)address.com>, > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > > If there's room, install X onto your internal drive instead. > > > > I don't want to do that yet because I'm just starting to learn X, and > > I would no longer be able to start from 9, which is a scary prospect. > > Sure you would; all you would need to do is use Startup Disk to decide > which OS should be the default to startup with. To override that, press > the option key when starting the computer, and then choose which OS to > start up with. The Option key won't allow you to select between two startup partitions on the internal disk; you have to use the Startup Disk System?Preference/Control Panel for that. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: Tony Winston on 15 Oct 2006 18:20 Mike Rosenberg wrote: > > matt neuburg <matt(a)tidbits.com> wrote: > > > You didn't read what I wrote I did read what you wrote but I disagree. After having installed O.S.X. onto both of my external drives, I can no longer restart from from an external drive under 9.22. It will only start under X.48 and then I have to open Classic. That's been the case for months now. I've tried it multiple times and I just tried it again and it didn't work; instead, the computer started from the hard disk. The Mac documentation even says that one can no longer start from 9 after installing X. (I think it's the documentation that appears when installing X.) Both of my 9.22s appear as startup options under System Preferences > Startup Disk, but neither one works on the external drives. That was why I bought O.S.X. And I can't reinstall 9.22 to make it work as a start disk because my original 9.0 disk won't work anymore and the replacement 9 disk I imported from the States several months ago to replace it won't work either because I didn't realize when I bought it that it contains 9.22 (even though it was advertised on the Net and the c.d. is labelled as "Mac OS 9 Install) and that it won't install unless you can first reinstall 9.0 ? and my 9.0 disk is kaput, as I explained. So the 9.22 on my computer is my only remaining working copy and I don't want to mess with it until I've mastered X. > (and you didn't quote it fully either). I purposely cut extraneous text so that people wouldn't complain about extraneous text. > > Okay, I'm outta here. Some people would rather whine than be helped. I wasn't whining. Some people (you) would rather make hasty, false assumptions than reasoned ones. > In all fairness, yes, you did say "X and 9 can coexist completely, > without partitioning or anything," but it's possible he misinterpreted > that, perhaps believing you meant you can use OS 9 as Classic that way. Tony
From: Dave Balderstone on 15 Oct 2006 18:27
In article <tomstiller-10F7F4.17573715102006(a)comcast.dca.giganews.com>, Tom Stiller <tomstiller(a)comcast.net> wrote: > In article <michelle-3FD70B.14103415102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > In article <4532A0B1.BE2B9C6(a)address.com>, > > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > > > > If there's room, install X onto your internal drive instead. > > > > > > I don't want to do that yet because I'm just starting to learn X, and > > > I would no longer be able to start from 9, which is a scary prospect. > > > > Sure you would; all you would need to do is use Startup Disk to decide > > which OS should be the default to startup with. To override that, press > > the option key when starting the computer, and then choose which OS to > > start up with. > > The Option key won't allow you to select between two startup partitions > on the internal disk; you have to use the Startup Disk > System?Preference/Control Panel for that. Yes, it will. If the drive is partitioned with OS X on one and OS 9 on the other, the option key at startup will work fine. It will not allow you to select between OS's installed on the same partition, which I suspect is what you meant to write. |