First the question: Can I safely add OS9 drivers to my 10.2.2 disk without having to reformat the drive? If so, how?
Now the explanation: When I upgraded to 10.2, I formatted the drive and installed everything anew. When it asked if I wanted to add OS9 drivers I said "no" because I didn't think I needed OS9 again as I had updated all of my software to OSX. Well, for a couple of months I did not need OS9 at all. This weekend I discovered a need to open some old WordPerfect files and I needed to keep the formatting correct, so I copied the OS9 folder from an old backup and installed my old copy of WordPerfect without a hitch in classic. I was able to run WordPerfect in classic and make the necessary changes. I couldn't get it to print properly from classic so I decided to boot into 9 and do my printing. That's when the trouble began. When I restarted it came up with the blank disk and a question mark. I then remembered that the disk had no OS9 drivers and would not boot into 9 but I couldn't find a way to reset the startup disk. I couldn't get any key combination to force it to boot back into OSX. Booting off the OS9 CD didn't work because the hard drive wouldn't mount. Booting off of the OSX install CD wouldn't work because I couldn't get access to the drive to make any changes. I finally came up with the solution of booting into firewire target disk mode because luckily I had access to another Pismo this weekend. I was able to boot that computer connected to my computer over firewire, and mount my disk on its' desktop. I went to the startup disk system preferences, selected the system on my computer, reboot, and it booted up as my computer. I shut them both down and then my computer restarted under its' proper OSX startup. In addition to my first question: What's the best way to boot my computer into OSX to get access to the hard drive in case of an emergency? I may not have access to the second computer next time. Observation: OSX shouldn't allow us to be able to choose OS9 as a startup system if the drive has no OS9 drivers on it, or at least run some kind of check and give a warning before we commit to the change. Thanks, Ryan -------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
