[HM] hummmmmm

[Michael Winter]

On Nov 9, 2005, at 12:50 PM, Robert Gray wrote:

>> While this is true for OS X, OS 9 requires no such tweaking.
>> Simply selecting the drive in the Startup Disk control panel
>> will fix the drive so that it can boot.
>

That does work. I've done it many times. In fact, I did it just  
yesterday, copying the OS 9 System Folder from a B/W G3 to an iMac DV  
that was running OS X, then re-booted the iMac using OS 9. I figured  
that would be much faster than using the install CD then going  
through all the upgrades.

> All systems require that there be a disk driver available and
> that's not getting written when you drag the folder to the disk.

The driver is installed on the disk when it is formatted and is  
separate from the OS (though the OS can use a driver that overrides  
the one on the drive if it wants). The one caveat going between OS 9  
and X is that you can format a drive in OS X without having it  
install an OS 9 compatible driver. That used to be a check box when  
formatting a drive, but I don't see it any more. I hope that means  
the OS 9 compatible driver is installed by default, but it may mean  
it no longer includes OS 9 compatibility.

-Mike