[G4] G4 partition

[John Niven]

Eric,

Is it necessary to put OS9 on a different partition? I thought you could
just put it on the same disk/partition as osx.

John


On 2/24/09 7:51 PM, "Eric Wood" <ewood at izoom.net> wrote:

> On 24.02.2009, at 17:46, Necole Zayatz wrote:
> 
>> I have a G4 power mac with OS X  (10.2.4)
>> and need to partition the hard drive so that it can have OS 9 and
>> OS x.
>> 
>> How is this done best? I have the OS 9 install. Hope it's the right
>> one.
>> 
>> Thanks for helping,
>> Necole
> 
> That's a unique spelling, Necole. Anyway, the steps to follow are
> basically to back up personal data (if needed), boot from either the
> OS X or OS 9 disc, run the right utility (Disk Utility in OS X or
> Drive Setup in OS 9) and make two partitions on the disk and install
> that OS onto one of them, and then boot the other install disc later
> and install onto the other partition.
> 
> This is assuming your G4 boots OS 9 natively. I believe that would be
> any of the graphite models.
> 
> Eric W.
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