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From: Gregory Weston on 16 Oct 2006 20:58 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. At least for a while - I don't know if it's still true - a machine that was configure to boot into OS X would boot to a 9 install on the same partition if you held down '9'. I think the reverse was true for the 'x' key as well. -- What I write is what I mean. I request that anyone who decides to respond please refrain from "disagreeing" with something I didn't write in the first place.
From: Gregory Weston on 16 Oct 2006 21:00 In article <4533CD87.72745136(a)address.com>, Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > Michelle Steiner wrote: > > > > In article <4532B4AE.BA89E9(a)address.com>, > > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > > > 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.) > > > > No, the Mac documentation does not say that. > > It does. I just read it yesterday. You have to start in X first and then > choose Classic once X has started the drive. It does _not_. Read again, more carefully. G -- What I write is what I mean. I request that anyone who decides to respond please refrain from "disagreeing" with something I didn't write in the first place.
From: Beth on 16 Oct 2006 22:49 Ditto on OS 9.1. I got my G3 about the same time as you and the only system on it was OS 9.1. I have the OSX in the box still. Anders Eklöf wrote: > Jon <see_signature(a)mac.com.invalid> wrote: > > > Tim McNamara <timmcn(a)bitstream.net> wrote: > > > > > My understanding is that you can't boot OS X from an external USB drive. > > > > On present-day Macs you can. At least Intel Macs and I believe recent > > G5s, possibly other models. But the OP's G4 certainly cannot boot from > > USB. SO the point is valid as far as he is concerned. > > Is it ? > 1. OP never said the drive are USB. > 2. OP states he has been able to boot from each drive. > Thus I take for granted they are FireWire drives. > > And to Tim: > My G4 at work arrived in June 2001 with Mac OS 9.1 only installed. > 10.0.3 came on a CD. And that was not even a first generation G4. > > > > -- > I recommend Macs to my friends, and Windows machines > to those whom I don't mind billing by the hour
From: nospam on 17 Oct 2006 17:13 Tony Winston 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. > > Tony When I first migrated was with a new G4 iMac. At first I was very pissed off that apple had seen fit to deprive me of the option to boot into OS 9, but really it was no problem. Everything OS 9 worked in classic and the system wasn't too far from what I was familiar with. Really, don't worry about it. That was at a time when OS X was still pretty unstable in some departments, now it should be even easier. Andy
From: nospam on 17 Oct 2006 17:22
Tony Winston wrote: > 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. In that situation I think first I would burn a cd with the system folder and as much other stuff as I could fit on it (or a DVD if it has a DVD burner), then try booting from it to make sure I copied everything right. Not answering your question here, but I think it might be a good idea. Andy |