On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 08:35 PM, Bryce Lee wrote: > In this ongoing struggle to understand why any one company would blend > two > completely different operating systems together > (OS 9.2 and OSX 10) together
this may be where your confusion lays. the two OS's are not blended together. they have nothing to do with each other, in fact. they just happen to reside on the same hard drive. they have no bearing on each other. period. > Is there some place one could say, purchase a pristine copy of say OS > 9.2 and > a similar pristine copy of OS X (the Jag cat preferably?). the System Restore CD that came with your computer will install a pristine copy of OS X. If your computer shipped with Jaguar, this is the ONLY cd that will work to install OS X... the retail box may not have a current-enough version of Jaguar to boot your machine. OS 9 is no longer available from Apple. You'll have to look around to places like Small Dog. Similarly, off-the-shelf copies of OS 9 may not be able to boot your computer. > So maybe I really want more control of what I am using, fine and dandy, > however in all of the explanations I can't really understanding Apple's > reasoning. > > Then again a blended system might be OK for those who want both worlds. > > Yes I could stay and use only 9.2 but then I'd think that maybe X > (marks the sport eh?) was stealing or borrrowing from 9. So call me > crazy, eccentric, nuts, or whatever. like i said... neither OS has anything to do with the other. there is no stealing or borrowing. a > And if I did have both operating systems, are they realy separate if > the > hard drive is parititioned and they are then installed, 9.2 on one > partition and X on the other. > > In my book they are still on the same physical disc so crossover could > be > possible, or is it? not possible, really. the two OS's are so drastically different that there are no common file or even file-types between them. in fact, even if crossover WERE possible, partitioning wouldn't prevent it from happening -- partitioning is a construct for humans, the computer mostly ignores the partitioning. each OS can easily access files on the other partition. there is no way to make the computer reserve one partition exclusively for use while in OS X and the other for OS 9. > or am I just stirring the pot to make life more difficult? yes. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
