On Feb 18, 11:41 pm, deadwinter <[email protected]> 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?
As Bruce said, what you have is the default configuration for using Classic mode inside of OSX. Its fine as-is if that is what you are doing. If you REALLY, literally mean booting into OS 9, I would strongly suggest adding it to a separate partition and booting off the separate partition. The reason for this is that when OS 9 crashes, it has a tendency to mess up not only its own preferences, but the directory structure of the boot disk. This latter is not at all good for rebooting under either OS later on. You are far better off with an expendable partition that can easily be restored by cloning from a backup. Back in the Bad Old Days when I was using the Mac OS for productivity, I would always partition the disk and keep my data files on a separate partition. That way, when I crashed only the boot partition would be messed up; my data files were almost always safe. We are spoiled by the fantastic reliability of OSX, and tend to forget how often application crashes would bring down the older Mac systems. -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
