I should have used the term, "elgibile boot partitions" meaning an OS that runs on the platform, be it Linux, Unix, Windows, Mac OS etc.
On Saturday, 22 July 2017 00:58:13 UTC+2, Alex Santos wrote: > > Hold the alt key when booting up and the Mac will prompt the user to > select the volume to boot from. This has been around for ages, since 90s. > When it comes to macs that are 68K based, there were ways to boot from > another partition but I don't have that information at the top of my head > because that was a while ago but it's documented if you are curious. > > On Wednesday, 19 July 2017 03:52:01 UTC+2, orthophonic wrote: >> >> When phonograph records used to run at 33 1/3, 45 and 78 rpm, the >> phonograph makers let us play them on the same machine by turning a switch. >> Couldn't there be something like that on my Mac , or attached to my Mac, >> for choosing between OS 9, OS X, Intel and whatever may be next to come? >> >> Rob Bell >> >> -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
