OS X installed; how to boot up or switch to it from 9.2.2?
Paul Soderman
separate partition of its own. I underwent the whole installation and things
went fine. I've been unable, however, to boot into OS X or to switch to it
from 9.2.2, which I still have on the Mac since I thought that I'd gradually
get used to X.
I've tried to set the Startup Disk Control Panel to boot up in X, but
nothing happens. Just how is one supposed to switch between these 2 systems?
I've looked at Apple for some help, as well as a Google news search, to no
avail.
Thanks for any help!
_____________________
Regards, Paul Soderman
I'm also on AOL as Kidpocono
Paul Mitchum
> I just installed OS 10.3 on a G4 with loads of RAM. I installed it onto a
> separate partition of its own. I underwent the whole installation and things
> went fine. I've been unable, however, to boot into OS X or to switch to it
> from 9.2.2, which I still have on the Mac since I thought that I'd gradually
> get used to X.
>
> I've tried to set the Startup Disk Control Panel to boot up in X, but
> nothing happens. Just how is one supposed to switch between these 2 systems?
> I've looked at Apple for some help, as well as a Google news search, to no
> avail.
Try holding down the option key on your keyboard at startup. You should
see some buttons, one for each volume you can boot from. If you don't
see your OS X volume, then something's wrong with the install.
morenuf
Paul Soderman <Kidp...@comcast.net> wrote:
Assuming this is a Mac that can boot into OS9:
If already booted in OS9.22, go to Startup Disk control panel, and you
should see your OSX partition with OSX indicated. Just select that OSX
system and click RESTART.
If booted in OSX, go to SYSTEM PREFERENCES, then STARTUP DISK control
panel, and the OS9.22 system should be visible, select it, and click
RESTART.
These should work if both OS9.22 and OSX are installed correctly on
different partitions.
Holding OPTION key down on boot up will work on modern Macs (this is
using OPEN FIRMWARE features to function) and will show icons for OS9 &
OSX partitions. Selecting one, and clicking the arrow will cause the Mac
to boot from the selected partition.
When first experimenting and learning OSX I setup multiple partitions
with various systems on them (also a main partition with both 9.22 & OSX
on it).
Pro & cons with both on same partition. Pro is just holding X key down
on boot forces OSX boot. CON is the OPTION key at boot (open firmware
route) shows only the last booted system on that particular (not both)
partition. Alos having both on same partition makes for messy files all
mixed together.
Good luck.
Morenuf
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Johan W. Elzenga
> In article <BC5D622F.CBF7%Kidp...@comcast.net>, Paul Soderman
> <Kidp...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > I just installed OS 10.3 on a G4 with loads of RAM. I installed it onto a
> > separate partition of its own. I underwent the whole installation and things
> > went fine. I've been unable, however, to boot into OS X or to switch to it
> > from 9.2.2, which I still have on the Mac since I thought that I'd gradually
> > get used to X.
> >
> > I've tried to set the Startup Disk Control Panel to boot up in X, but
> > nothing happens. Just how is one supposed to switch between these 2 systems?
> > I've looked at Apple for some help, as well as a Google news search, to no
> > avail.
> >
> > Thanks for any help!
> >
> try system prefs....Classic...select OS9 ....select start...then try to
> launch a OS9 program while in OSX.
He wants to switch from OS9 to OSX, not the other way round.
Marc Heusser
> I just installed OS 10.3 on a G4 with loads of RAM. I installed it onto a
> separate partition of its own. I underwent the whole installation and things
> went fine. I've been unable, however, to boot into OS X or to switch to it
> from 9.2.2, which I still have on the Mac since I thought that I'd gradually
> get used to X.
>
> I've tried to set the Startup Disk Control Panel to boot up in X, but
> nothing happens. Just how is one supposed to switch between these 2 systems?
...
From Mac Help OSX Panther:
You can make your computer start up from a CD, a network volume, a
different disk or disk partition, or another operating system (such as
Mac OS 9 if your computer supports it). To do so, you change your
startup disk.
1. Open System Preferences and click Startup Disk.
2. If necessary, click the lock icon and type the name and
password for an administrator user.
3. Click the icon of the system folder that you want to use, then
click Restart.
Another way to select a startup disk is to hold down the Option key as
you restart your computer. You'll see the available startup disks and
can select one.
If you start up your computer in Mac OS 9, use the Startup Disk control
panel in the Apple menu to switch back to your Mac OS X startup disk.
Then restart the computer.
If Mac OS 9 is not available, your computer will only start up in Mac
OS X. You can still use most Mac OS 9 applications in the Classic
environment. To do this, open System Preferences, click Classic, and
then click Start.
HTH
Marc
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jpmcwilliams
It sounds like the OP tried enough of these to see he has a problem.
Reset PRAM by holding down Cmd-Option-P-R. If that doesn't work, I'd
suspect a faulty intall of osX, in which case, reintalling it would be
the next, if perhaps obvious, step.
John McWilliams
Paul Soderman
I think I had a bad initial install, as I reinstalled and things now work
fine.
I do have a drive partitioned for each of 9.2.2 and 10.3. Seeing that OS X
has the "Classic" environment, would I be better off simply using OS X as a
startup system anyway, and using its Classic mode to run any System 9
software or files, instead of staying in the older system? I didn't realize
that I could be doing 9.2.2 work while actually "in" OS X, that was the main
reason for wanting to have both systems available as Startup Disk choices.
Obviously, I'm just getting my feet wet with the new OS (it took me forever
to get the guts to upgrade; I think that some of us Macusers are quite
resistent to change!), and I plan to buy a book to learn it in its entirety.
So far, I'm pleased with it; I was quite intimidated by the Unix codes and
the alleged "non-Mac" vibe I'd heard about.
Thanks again for the help!
_____________________
Regards, Paul Soderman
I'm also on AOL as Kidpocono
in article _24_b.35559$4o.52742@attbi_s52, jpmcwilliams at jp...@comcast.net
wrote on 2/22/04 10:39 am:
David Lennier
> would I be better off simply using OS X as a
> startup system anyway, and using its Classic mode to run any System 9
> software or files, instead of staying in the older system?
I once had a game (aka something you don't *need* to have) whose
copy-protection would fail to recognize the correctly inserted disc
unless I bootet to 9.22. Once installed it worked in classic as well.
You can have 9 and X on the same partition *and* boot to 9 if needed.
Since you still need (most of?) 9 to be able to run classic anyway...
why delete it?
George Troche
Some programs will only run in OS 9 and not in Classic.