[G4] Instructions on re-installing myOS9

[keith_w]

Ronald Steinke wrote:
> On 5 September, 2006, at 8:12:31, Chris wrote:
> 
>> I recently installed OS 10.3 and now I need to install Classic. I 
>> inserted the disk but it reads that I do not have a system folder. Can 
>> anyone instruct me on the process so I can run both operating systems 
>> on my computer?


> Start your machine with the OS-9 CD inserted in the drive. 

When I installed my 10.3 version of the OS, a while ago, I don't recall an OS( 
disc.
Was there one and I forgot?

keith whaley


















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Hold the "C"
> key down while starting, this will force the computer to start from the 
>0 CD instead of the hard drive.
> 
> When you begin the installation, there will be an option to do a "Clean 
> Install" of the OS-9 software.
> 
> Select that option and then continue with your OS-9 installation.
> 
> You will also have the  choice of doing an "Easy" or a "Custom" install 
> of the OS. I suggest selecting the "Custom" installation. My reason for 
> this choice is that OS-X will be handling all the normally hidden 
> functions of the operating system instead of OS-9 doing that job.
> 
> This means that you can eliminate some of the functions that the "Easy" 
> install choice would have put on your drive. Some of the OS-9 things 
> like Stickies, Internet service, ColorSync, Runtime for Java,  etc, are 
> not needed by OS-X. They are already part of the OS-X functions and 
> won't be activated when OS-X is working.
> 
> Good luck.
>