[G4] OSX and OS 9

[Crandon David]

Yes, and I fail to see how it is easier to switch between the two 
operating systems.

Believe me, having a seperate drive to use as a cloned backup far, far 
out weighs anything else.

David


On Oct 24, 2004, at 1:41 PM, Dale Hoffman wrote:

> The citation from "The Missing Manual: OS 10.3" can't be argued with. 
> I question  though, how much time and effort should be spent 
> accomodating OS9 as a separate operating system when clearly it is 
> only around to keep applications alive which have not made the move to 
> OSX. I agree with David. The second drive will be much more useful as 
> a backup or scratch disk for applications which use them.
>
> DaleH
>
>> Carol is on the right path in here thinking.
>>
>> The following is taken from "The Missing Manual"
>> (10.3) Appendix "A" Installing Mac OS 10.3 ..pages 672
>> & 673.
>>
>> The Partitioning Question...
>> In the coming months and years, you'll save yourself a
>> lot of trouble and time if you keep mac OS 9 and Max
>> OS X on two different drives. this kind of setup
>> offers serveral advantages:
>>
>>    * It's much easier to switch between the two
>> operating
>>      systems at startup time. (You may hear this
>> feature called
>>      dual booting.)
>>
>>    * Troubleshooting Mac OS 9 or Mac X is much easier.
>>
>>    * You don't have to see, or try to distinguish,
>> your Mac OS
>>       9 and MAC OS X folders all mixed together in the
>> single
>>       hard drive window (two Applications folders, two
>> System
>>       folders, and so on).
>>
>> Ric
>> --- Crandon David <tabdave at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>  No offense, but I don't think that's a good reason.
>>>  You are better off
>>>  simply using the second drive as a full backup of
>>>  your main drive. You
>>>  can clone your main drive to the backup
>>>  everyonceinawhile.
>>>
>>>  David
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Oct 24, 2004, at 9:41 AM, Carol wrote:
>>>
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>  > Dale Hoffman wrote:
>>>  >>
>>>  >>> I am thinking of purchasing OS 10.3 (Panther)
>>>  and installing it on my
>>>  >>> Sawtooth G4 400 on a 2nd hard drive to keep OS 9
>>>  and OS X separate.
>>>  >>
>>>  >> Carol,
>>>  >> May I ask why you want to keep OS9 and OSX
>>>  separate?
>>>  >
>>>  > Mainly because I can.  I have two internal hard
>>>  drives.
>>>  >
>>>  > Carol -
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