Classic still won't start

Joyce Ranieri jranieri at twcny.rr.com
Fri Mar 21 14:44:22 PST 2003


> You do not reboot into Classic, you reboot into OS 9. Classic is an OS
> X Application that lets you run OS 9 at the same time you run OS X.
I'm really not that interested in the semantics of whether I'm booting 
or starting classic. My point is, I can't get classic to actually start 
-- it keeps giving me the following: "System Error type 102" and 
hanging. I'm frustrated and hoping for answers of how to get this 
working without wiping the hard drive and reinstalling everything.

> When you are in OS X, you do not boot classic you 'Start Classic'. Open
> the Classic Preference panel verify that there is an available System
> Folder for OS 9. You can then see the other options and even try them.
Yes, there is a valid system folder -- otherwise I wouldn't be able to 
boot in 9.2.

> So, when you startup your Mac, you can boot into OS X or OS 9 (new Macs
> only boot into OS X).
>
> After booting into OS X, you can start Classic or not start Classic. If
> you have OS 9 installed, when you click on an OS 9 application or
> document, Classic will start so you can open the application.
>
> I do not have OS 9 installed so I just get a little message about that.
>
> Do a search for Classic on your hard drive and you should see a file
> named 'Classic Startup'.
Classic Startup doesn't help -- I still get the same error message!

I'm still hoping for suggestions!

Joyce



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