On Sunday, November 17, 2002, at 06:19 PM, Will Schou wrote: >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nils Mueller-Scheessel) >> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 02:09:29 +0100 >> >> >> I found that I could use OS X's Startup CP to boot from one Jaguar HD >> to another. In case anyone was wondering. >> >> -F >> >> I have turned off "Auto-Boot" in XPF, so that OpenFirmware gives me >> the choice of typing either "boot" (OS X) or "bye" (OS 9). That way, I >> can decide right after start up which OS I want, without having to >> fiddle around with the different panels or to go through the whole >> start process of one OS, only to choose the other. >> >> Nils > > Nils, Thanks for the nice tip! Learn something new nearly everyday if I > listen. I hadn't ever thought of trying that to see if it worked also > no one else has mentioned it before. With Auto-boot on the machine > always boots up in the OS it shut down in. This used to be OS9.x for me > it is now OSX! Holding down the option key boots it into OS9.x Since > you have to choose OSX from XPFacto once you've booted into OS 9.x I > guess it's really the same thing. Now if we could get this openfirmware > choice from booting from a shutdown OS9.x that would be really cool. > Will S >
I second that good tip. Under the category of don't try this at home would opening XPF from within Classic work? I'm not sure why you would want that other than to see the results. Thanks. Eric -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
