OK I removed the OS 9 disk. I booted up into 9.2.1.
From there, I slected HD bootup.(Had to read up on
OS 9 to do it. I can boot up on either OS X or OS 9
System preferences. Great!
Next step. Get into Classic. Dang!
What I have now is dual boot,I guess. But,not classic.
I`m not thatexperienced in MAC,but I quickly follow advice. (PC and MAC
desk tops.
Gene H
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From: "Clark Martin" <cm...@sonic.net>
To: <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: Cannot boot OS X
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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