Dennis Fazio typed this message on 5/26/04 4:12 PM: > Another reason to keep OS9 is that if your OS X gets hosed, you can at least > boot the machine and run some disk diagnostics or repair, or perhaps save off > some files. Since you are fortunate enough to have a dual-boot system, this > is best done if you put OS 9 in a separate 2-4GB partition and also have your > home directory in a separate partition. So, when is some genius going to come along and write a hack that will allow machines that will not boot into 0S9 to do so? Or is there something in the ROMs that Apple installed or removed that will prevent this from happening? jg