[G4] OSX and OS 9

[Ralph Garrett]

On Oct 25, 2004, at 10:25, Wilkin, Wayne (Mass) wrote:

> My 2¢. I used to have a 733 that always was able to boot into 9, until 
> I
> upgraded it to Panter. After that you could select OS9 as a startup, 
> but it
> would not boot into it. But it would boot into a OS9 utility disk that 
> I had
> lying around. Then I came across some more systems of similiar types 
> (733's,
> and lower), that had Panther on them, with OS9, but they also would 
> not boot
> into 9. Couldn't figure it out, so I just finally gave up and said ok 
> if a
> computer has Panther with 9 forget it, don't even try to boot into 9.
>
> Then I came across an interesting article on Microsoft's website (sorry
> don't have the link), that stated the version of 9 that you would 
> install
> with Panther is actually a Virtual Operating System. To me I compared 
> that
> to something like Virtual PC. You can run it, but can't boot into it. 
> It
> would really explain why these computers at one time could boot into 9 
> but
> no more.
>

For what it's worth, I have had a similar experience. My older G4 will 
not boot an OS9 install which is on the same hard drive/partition as 
Panther. However it WILL boot to OS9 on a separate hard drive. The OS9 
installs are identical.

Ralph