[G4] Browsers (need for partitioning)

[Ronald Steinke]

On 10 Feb, 2007, at 8:46 AM, Margaret Krakowiak wrote:

> Right now on my new internal drive I put OS9 and X on different  
> partitions,
> and was planning to use that  OS9 system for Classic apps. Are you  
> saying
> that's not good to do, and that 9 for Classic designation should be  
> on the same
> partition as X, and I should do another OS9 install on the X  
> partition?

A lot of what you are asking will depend on the machine you are using.

If your machine is capable of booting to OS-9, then it is not  
required that you have a separate partition for that OS. You can  
simply do a "Clean Install" of OS-9 in the same partition and  
designate it as your Classic environment when you access the Classic  
preference of OS-X.

With this arrangement, you will have the option of booting to either  
OS by holding the Option key down during startup. You can then choose  
which OS to boot to.

If, however, your machine is NOT capable of booting to OS-9, you  
should use the included CD/DVD to install the Classic environment for  
that machine. It will be a suitable version according to the model  
machine you have. This OS will be placed in the same partition as the  
OS-X version, so you still do not need to partition just for the sake  
of installing the OS-9.

Either way, there is no longer a need to partition your drive simply  
to install the Classic environment.