[G4] Installing OS9

[Jay Ruuska]

This is a very good idea Robert. By the way, I have a few systems with
10.2.8 on them and Classic needs to be installed. I doubt I will be able to
do any partitioning. What is the proper way to install OS 9 alongside a
pre-existing OS X install?


> From: Robert MacLeay <robertmacleay at mac.com>
> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
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> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 10:18:18 -0600
> To: <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: Re: [G4] Installing OS9
> 
> I can think of a VERY good reason to keep them separate!
> 
> When OS 9 and earlier crash, they can, and often enough do, make a mess of
> the disk the OS resides on. This corruption is not always immediately
> obvious.  Later, on, when you discover handfuls of cross-linked files...
> 
> In olden times (pre-X), I always set up our company Macs with separate
> partitions for the System/Applications and for Data.  This way, when the
> worst occurred, none of our work would be lost.
> 
> If you are to be a regular user of OS 9, this confers a second benefit. It
> allows you to have separate System Folders for OS 9 and Classic mode. You
> typically need a lot more stuff (drivers and third party extensions) running
> the classic systems than you need in Classic mode, and this allows a super
> lean Classic mode System Folder.
> 
> -- 
> Robert MacLeay
> 
> 
> On May 21, 2006 22:43:43 -0400, Steve Adams wrote:
>> There is NO need to partition the hard drive. I've run every OS X
>> from X.1 to X.4.46 with OS 9 on the same partition, on the same drive.
>> 
>> It might make things messier by having both OSs on the same drive and
>> partition (it's not that messy if you organize good) but there is no
>> reason to separate them.
> 
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