On Jan 29, 2011, at 9:27 PM, DLC wrote:
If I boot into OS 9 straight (normal), I will not get a screen to show (remains black) - lack of HD activity makes me suspect that no booting is engaged either.
By "normal" I assume you mean selecting the OX 9 in Startup Disk? Since support for Classic ended at OS 10.4.11, there's a chance that Startup Disk in 10.5.8 doesn't handle OS 9 booting correctly? 10.5.8 is unsupported for the Quicksilver.
There's another way to select OS 9 or OS X by keyboard commands. You can hold the "9" key to boot OS 9, or the "X" key to boot OS X.
IF, however, I start up, hold left-shift key, and then choose OS 9 from the OS selection panel that appears, the unit boots into OS 9 and operates fine.
I think you mean the Option key rather than the left-Shift key. The Shift key gives a Safe Boot in OS X; and no extensions in OS 9. The Option key gives the bootable devices menu.
Personally, I wouldn't worry about it, how often do you boot OS 9? If you use OS 9 that much, it'd probably be better to install OS 10.4.11 and use Classic emulation within OS X. As an added perk, Tiger is about 20% faster than Leopard on PPC CPUs.
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