On Feb 8, 2012, at 1:38 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?
That message is one you get if you copy the OS 9 system folder from an
installer disk onto the hard disk and attempt to boot that OS from the hard
disk. Holding down the C key boots from the CD-ROM, not the HD.
What it sounds like is that:
You still have the installer disk in the optical drive.
You copied the System Folder from the installer disk rather than ran the
installer.
By some means the Startup Disk was set to the copied OS 9 system folder on
the HD.
Try booting with the option key held down. This should give you a screen
showing every bootable system available to the computer from any attached drive.
I would use the Option key and boot into OS X. Then delete the OS9 System
Folder on the HD then boot from the installer disk and install OS 9. Also open
System Preferences, select Startup Disk and select your OS X System folder.
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