--- You wrote: Just got NEW to me C3 with OS X 10.2, works just fine. Wanted to put older OS 9 or 8.1 on partition so I can use older programs that will not run on X.
Put in 8.1 CD loaded fine on dt. Shut down and attempted to start up on CD, held C down and it will not load. --- end of quote --- Ok, you are up against the G3 crazyness. I'm going to assume you are talking aboutg a Beige G3. If it is a B&W, things are simpler but I have no experience with it. From the sound of it, it's a Beige. It is an intrim design that doesn't completely support X without a little help. It's not that hard to get it all working but occasionally you have to back off and take a deep breath. If nothing seems to work, zap your pram about ten times. Booot while holding down option-apple-shif-delete (someone corect that combination...it's early and my memory may be off.) Hold it until the machine hac chimed ten times. If that doesn't get you back to where you started, press the cuda button (located near the pci slots) for 30 seconds or so. Or, instead of any of the above, pull the motherboard battery out for a minute. You can run any version of pre X you like as long as you don't try to use it for Classic, which is os9 running within X. For that you need 9.1 or 9.2. Next problem. Getting a Beige to boot to X. Unless you are running Panther, you can use a free program called System Disk 2.6.2. (The control panel Startup Disk that comes in 9 won't get you back to an X system, ever.) Find System Disk on Google and just run the program in os 9 or 8.6. It will display all the bootable systems on your computer. Select one and reboot. That's where your computer will go next time you start it. If you select an X system and you want to boot to the last 8 or 9 system, just hold down the option key after the chime. Unless you run the program again and select something else, the computer will default to the selected syste. So you can get X unless you hold option. It's pretty neat and clean. If it starts getting funky, you might need a new motherboard battery, which is what helps the machine remember those settings. The other choice is Xpostfacto, a free program (they ask for a contribution) that willl allow you to do all of the above and give you the possibility of using Panther too. Read the directions carefully. System Disk is simpler thatn Xpostfacto if you don't need to run Panther. Sharing disk space between X and 9 (or 8.) Yes, you can use seperate partitions. But I can tell you that you could put your os 9 system in a directory and both Xpostfacto and system disk will find it and boot from it. Both systems can even cooexist in the same root directory, though this looks very confusing when you open it to look at the files. Neither is the recommended arrangement. But I don't like to partition drives and it worked fine for me. Until I moved my drives to a G4 Digital Audio. That later machine would only find systems in root directories, I learned. But you have the option to cheat a little on your older machine. I lived with a Beige running 9 and X in equal amounts for a few years and it was like flying: hours of simple boredom intersperced with moments of panic. I got used to it and did a lot of productive work. I could never done it without help from this list, where I learned everything I needed to know. Hope this helps. Rich -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
