Charles, thanks; but as I noted above, that box is checked. The card is specified on the OWC web site as being boot-capable, and compatible with both OSX and OS9. But when I boot into OSX, OS9 does not start. If I go to System Preferences/System/Classic, it displays the partition with OS9. So I click on that file, and Classic promptly loads. But it won't load separately.
Can one install OS9 and OSX on the same partition? - Michael B. in Cincinnati On Dec 27, 11:44 pm, Charles Davis <c...@gamewood.net> wrote: > On Dec 27, 2008, at 8:28 PM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote: > > > > > > > To answer several questions: > > > I bought this machine basically to learn about Macs. I also own and > > use Linux > > and (unfortunately, due to my job) Windows machines. My interest in > > OS9 is > > basically self-educational, not utilitarian. although I like the > > system. I also > > installed a decent sound card (m-Audio 2496), and plan to use it for a > > music > > workstation; I have lots of older open-reel tapes that I would like to > > convert > > to digital, edit to improve the lost high frequencies, and record to > > CD's. > > > In my original installation, I had an 80GB PATA HD containing 10.4.11, > > and a second > > 250 GB PATA HD with two partitions, one containing OS9, and the other > > for file > > storage from 10.4. I used one of the "hacks" reported in these pages > > to gain > > 48-bit addressing, and that worked fine. When I booted 10.4, Classic > > would also > > boot; I could watch OS9 load during the boot process. The OS9 icon > > would bounce/flash > > until the load was completed. Then, I could click on an OS9 app icon, > > and it would load > > immediately. I have some old OS9 software, which I admit are mostly > > curiosities, > > but they run better on this machine by far than on my G3 iMac. > > > So I installed the SATA card (an Acard AEC-6290M from OWC) with a 160 > > GB SATA > > drive with two partitions, the first of which I installed OS9 onto, > > and the second 10.4. > > I put the 250 GB PATA drive into an OWC Neptune case, and used that > > with CCC > > to transfer the 10.4 install onto the 160 GB's second partition. I > > then reinstalled > > OS9 and the apps onto the first partition, because I was beginning to > > have this > > error message while it was still running on the PATA drive, and went > > from there. > > Afterward, I started having this odd error message about not having a > > good system > > file on the startup disk whenever I shut the machine down (it won't > > sleep because > > of the USB 2.0 card). > > > So, to be very specific, this is a DA with dual 533 MHz processors, > > 1.5 GB of > > RAM, a flashed GeForce 6200 video card (which has been great), a DVD- > > RAM, > > 10.4.11, and the above mentioned HD's. It also has a USB 2.0 card and > > a > > Sweet Multiport, for what that's worth. Overall, it's a nice system, > > and one I've > > enjoyed. I may yet, again for self-educational purposes, install an > > aftermarket > > processor. I certainly can't justify it in terms of bang for the buck; > > it would have > > been cheaper from the get-go to find a dual 1.8 GHz G5 to start with. > > But I'm > > having fun, and that's the issue. > > > I would prefer for the system to behave like it used to, with OS9 > > kicking in at > > boot and remaining ready to go. > > That SHOULD be a simple thing to fix!!!! > > Goto 'System Preference/System/Classic, and there is a box to check > to have OS9 load at startup. > > > I'm trying to understand why it's > > behaving > > the way it is. No, it's not life-threatening; but enquiring minds want > > to know! > > > Thanks for all your input. For the benefit of others, I'll report back > > on my > > findings. > > > - Michael B. in Cincinnati --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
