On Jun 3, 2009, at 5:12 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > I have a B&W that is running 10.4.11 > The B&W is upgraded to G4 @ 500mhz. > > I would like to be able to boot the Mac using an external SCSI hard > drive, but when I tried it yesterday, the Mac booted into OS X. I > used System Preferences Start-up Disk to set the external drive as my > boot drive. Did I forget something?
Humm, should work. Do you actually need to boot OS 9? Running "Classic" OS 9 is normally FASTER than booting OS 9 directly, so if you just need to run some OS 9 programs, open System Preferences>Classic and designate the external OS 9 HD as the "classic" system, and it should work fine. If you can't get it to boot OS 9 using Startup Disk, you might clear the PRAM/NVRAM using the Cmd-Opt-O-F command at startup, and at the prompt type: set-defaults<Return> reset-all<Return> where <Return> means hit the Return key. The reply should be "ok" to the 1st command, and a reboot to the 2nd command. If it reboots to OS X, and Startup Disk STILL won't give you an OS 9 boot, you could boot an OS 9 CD and use the Startup Disk on the CD to select the OS 9 system. Some people say the holding the "9" key at startup can force an OS 9 system to boot, BUT, I've never had this work for me, and I'm skeptical. Once you get an OS 9 system to boot, you CAN use the "X" key at startup to force the OS X system to boot, and this will KEEP the OS 9 system as the DEFAULT startup system. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
