Hello, folks. I was doing some perusing of Pre OSX reference books and files and I ran across some detailed information on the following link. Check it out. http://web.whittier.edu/comp/macguide/Bless.cfm Dan On Friday, September 21, 2007, at 06:56 PM, jonny wrote: > Thank you, Eric. I've got the picture now. > > Jonny > > /// > >> I've found that if a system folder is valid, it will show up in >> Startup >> Disk. In the olden days, one might rebuild the desktop file to make a >> system folder bootable. I don't believe it's quite the same now with >> New >> World ROM Macintoshes, but I may be wrong about that, too. >> >> If you can't get Mac OS X's Startup Disk preference pane to see the >> classic system folder, you can have the classic preference pane >> rebuild >> the desktop file on the drive. Or so I remember. That should take care >> of it. >> >> If it's not bootable after that, I'd suspect that the system folder in >> question is incomplete. Also, I got a disc full of Mac OS 9 systems >> for >> various languages, though if someone tries to use something like that, >> it won't be a complete system - those are stripped down for use in the >> Classic environment only. >> >> Eric >> >> On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 09:08 -0700, jonny wrote: >>> Hello. >>> >>> I feel like a real newbie to macintosh! I don't know this term. >>> >>> Will someone be so kind as to explain what it is to bless a copy of >>> a >>> OS 9.2 boot system, and how it is done? >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Jonny >>> _______________________________________________ >>> G4 mailing list >>> G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >>> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> G4 mailing list >> G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 >