On 18 Feb 2010, at 22:41:46 PST, deadwinter wrote:
I thought I had a partition for 10.2 and another for OS9.2, but upon closer examination it looks like I have OS 10.2 and a folder labeled OS9 applications, OS 9 System, etc. In the "Startup Disk" control panel, I can choose that the system use the OS9 system folder, which will make it boot into OS9, and viceversa. Can someone enlighten me as to why the previous owner would run it like this as opposed to there being two separate partitions? Do I gain anything? Lose anything?
-------------- Well, I do it both ways on different machines. No real difference in operation as far as I can see. On my MDD I have 3 physical drives installed at different times. Thus I had an OS 9 drive before I ever upgraded to OS X. On my "new" Pismo, I installed a 4GB HD I had on hand. I installed 10.4.11 and then installed OS 9 on the same drive, no partitions. Ken http://mysite.verizon.net/res7gt1w/stackomacs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
