[P1] Classic still won't start

[Jack Rodgers]

On Friday, March 21, 2003, at 05:44  PM, Joyce Ranieri wrote:

>> 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.

There are two questions here, Can you reboot into 9.2 and when you are 
in X can you open the Classic Preference Panel and see your OS 9 system 
as a high lightable line in the scrolling list. Since you aren't 
interested in semantics and thus did not make a clear answer, I will 
ask again.

The reason for the question is that if you cannot start classic from 
the Preference pane, then you probably have a corrupt Start Classic 
file, one with bad permissions or a corrupt preference file.

One easy try is to open Disk Utility and select your OS X volume and 
then click on Repair Preferences. This resolves a ton of problems that 
can drive people crazy and I am beginning to think it is almost 
required after a freeze, crash or whenever one begins to have problems.

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