[G4] G4 partition

[Robert H. Baucom]

It is on this QuickSliver.
RHB

On Feb 24, 2009, at 7:00 PM, John Niven wrote:

> Eric,
>
> Is it necessary to put OS9 on a different partition? I thought you  
> could
> just put it on the same disk/partition as osx.
>
> John
>
>
> On 2/24/09 7:51 PM, "Eric Wood" <ewood at izoom.net> wrote:
>
>> On 24.02.2009, at 17:46, Necole Zayatz wrote:
>>
>>> I have a G4 power mac with OS X  (10.2.4)
>>> and need to partition the hard drive so that it can have OS 9 and
>>> OS x.
>>>
>>> How is this done best? I have the OS 9 install. Hope it's the right
>>> one.
>>>
>>> Thanks for helping,
>>> Necole
>>
>> That's a unique spelling, Necole. Anyway, the steps to follow are
>> basically to back up personal data (if needed), boot from either the
>> OS X or OS 9 disc, run the right utility (Disk Utility in OS X or
>> Drive Setup in OS 9) and make two partitions on the disk and install
>> that OS onto one of them, and then boot the other install disc later
>> and install onto the other partition.
>>
>> This is assuming your G4 boots OS 9 natively. I believe that would be
>> any of the graphite models.
>>
>> Eric W.
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