[HM] running OS 9

[Bob K]

You can always partition and install OS 9 on an other volume.

Bob
On Jan 31, 2004, at 8:59, enterprise wrote:

> hi folks, wondered if anyone can help here:
>
> I've just purchased a nearly-new iMac G4/800Mhz; in most ways 
> identical to
> the other iMac I have access to, G4/700MHz, but differing in the 
> version of
> OS X it has on board; the 800MHz one sports OS X 10.2.7  and the 700MHz
> sports OS X 10.1.2.
>
> The point is that I needed a Mac that can boot in OS 9.2; the 700MHz 
> one is
> fine with that, but even though I've able to install OS 9.2 onto the 
> 800MHz
> hard drive, when I come to <Change Startup Disk>, it does not list it 
> (only
> the 10.2.7 Folder), thus I cannot boot up in OS 9 (I have tried 
> shutdown and
> restart etc).
>
> Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Is it possible that the later version of OS X (10.2.7) somehow 
> _disables_
> the use of OS 9 for booting? If so, can I just re-install the previous
> version of OS X (10.1.2) and make everything OK (OS 9-wise)?
>
> regards
>
> michaelP
>
>
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