On Feb 8, 2012, at 2:38 PM, Gene Henley wrote: > I have a Quicksilver G4 with Tiger. I installed OS 9.2.1. I can boot into OS > 9.2.1 if I hold the C key down. But if I try to boot into my OSX,The screen > says "The system software on the startup disk only functions on the original > media,not if copied to another drive. > Could I have somwhow messed up my OSX preferences? If I did,How do I get > back to OS X to find out?
If you're booting into OS 9 via the C key, you're booting from the OS 9 installer. Normally you will only ever see ""The system software on the startup disk only functions on the original media,not if copied to another drive." of you dragged the System Folder from the OS 9 installer to the hard drive. Try booting from your OS X installer dis and running Disk Utility; this might even be a case for Repair Permissions. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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
