actually, on the Beige models you can just hold down the option key and you boot into OS9 automatically.
it works on my Gossamer. > For the pre-G4 but post-Beige G3 G3s (B&W, (?) Rev > A/B/C iMacs, etc.) there > is this option: > > You can drop into OpenFirmware (cmd-opt-O-F at > restart/power on) but you do > need to use the right commands to get the machine to > do what you want it to > (you can't really do any damage in OpenFirmware as > far as I can tell... if > you set a non-bootable partition the computer will > simply look for the > default bootable one): > > To set boot device (replicates the StartUp Disk > control panel): > setenv boot_device hd:9,ofboot.b > > To boot a device temporarily (valid for this startup > only): > boot hd:9,ofboot.b > > PS You'll have to replace 9 with the partition # > that contains the boot > partition you want booted (& you might also have to > play with "hd"... I only > know what worked on my computer... I have yet to > fiddle with the SCSI > drive). > > Eric. ===== "Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. " - (From Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan, Random House, 1994) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
