On Feb 18, 2010, at 10:41 PM, deadwinter wrote: > Hi folks: > > I thought I had a partition for 10.2 and another for OS9.2, but upon > closer examination it looks like I have OS 10.2 and a folder labeled > OS9 applications, OS 9 System, etc. In the "Startup Disk" control > panel, I can choose that the system use the OS9 system folder, which > will make it boot into OS9, and viceversa. > > Can someone enlighten me as to why the previous owner would run it > like this as opposed to there being two separate partitions? Do I > gain anything? Lose anything? > > -carlos > AFAIK there's really no need to have separate partitions for these systems . I've got 9 machines that have OS 10.4.11 and OS 9.2.2. It's handy for me because I use both systems and CCCs are a snap. But there's no reason you can't have them separate if you want it that way. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA
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