On Dec 4, 2008, at 2:44 PM, Yersinia wrote:
> snip > > If I have a deliberately unblessed OS 9 system folder, how is it > going > to be able to boot my Mac in OS 9 when I want it to? If the act of > choosing a system folder in System Preferences to be used for > Classic is > what blesses it, why do I need a SECOND unblessed OS 9 system folder > (which won't boot since it's unblessed, and won't be used for > Classic if > I don't select it to be used as such in System Preferences)? > > Thanks, > > ~Yersinia. > > "deliberately unblessed' ????? I've never heard of doing that for any reason. The OS9 installations are 'blessed' as a part of the installation process. No special effort needed. The having 2 instances of 'OS9 installation' doesn't cause any problems. The hardware will only use one at a time, you may get to choose, you may not, I don't know the 'built in' rules for choosing an OS9 instance when there is more than one available and the hardware is just looking for 'a' OS9 system. In OSX System Preferences, choosing a OS9 system points the OSX system there for running classic. [As I understand it, OSX then makes some 'minor ?' changes to the OS9 system. But these changes are supposedly benign as far as running OS9 directly is concerned.] I believe that an opt/alt startup would allow access to both OS9 instances, never tried it, so I don't know. Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
