On 2/7/03 at 12:14 am, Giles Stokoe wrote: > I have re-installed both os9 to internal HD 1, and OSX to internal > HD2, but at no stage was I asked which system folder I wanted to use > as my 'classic environment', as my friends seemed to think I would > be, and I am now back to where I was about 6 hours ago... i.e. > nowhere. > > How do I create an OS9 system folder that OSX will use for classic?
As a matter of interest, have you tried re-installing OS X and OS 9 on the same hard disk? There's nothing to say that you can't use an OS 9 system on another disk/partition as Classic, but Apple don't send 'em out that way... I had a quick look at the Apple site and found this: <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106678> ...which, among other things, says: "No "blessed" Mac OS 9 System Folder The Mac OS 9 System Folder may not be "blessed" by Mac OS X. A System Folder is said to be "blessed" when it is recognized by the Finder as valid and active. Open the System Preferences application and choose Classic from the View menu. When none of your volumes contains a blessed Mac OS 9 System Folder, all the volumes appear dimmed. You may see an alert box with the message: "No startup volume: There is no volume with a system folder that supports starting Classic. Please install Mac OS 9.1 or later." It may not be necessary to reinstall Mac OS 9. You may simply need to "bless" the existing System Folder. Follow these steps: 1. Choose System Preferences from the Apple Menu 2. Choose Startup Disk from the View menu. The Startup Disk pane appears. 3. Note the current Startup Disk selection, which is a Mac OS X volume. 4. Click the Mac OS 9 System Folder you want to bless. 5. Choose Show All from the View menu. A sheet appears to confirm your choice in Step 4. 6. Click Change. 7. Choose Startup Disk from the View menu. 8. Reselect the volume you noted in Step 3. 9. Choose Show All from the View menu. A sheet appears to confirm your choice in Step 8. 10. Click Change. For more information on reblessing your System Folder, refer to technical document 106426: " Mac OS: 'Startup Disk No Longer Has a Valid System Folder' " The document referred to at the end of the above can be found here: <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106426> Hope this helps. -- best wishes Paul http://www.paulbradforth.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
