On 29/12/02 at 11:10 am, Jorge Parra wrote: > If anything fails, and you don't find the DW disk, or even if this > one does not help, the only resource is to reinstall everything, but > this time, make it with definite partitions to keep OS9 and OSX > separate, and never again join them together, since the promised land > of mixed systems by Apple has been pure crap, and people learn this > by bad experience. One of the main problems in the mixing is that OS9 > and OSX will have your kind of problems to boot if one of them is not > well, and also the Trash can is shared by both systems, something > that sooner or later creates problems. Don't even think of installing > Classic. I think you already know that.
I have to comment on this, if only to keep things in balance...Jorge, I'm sure this works for you, but it's important for others to realize that this is not universal. There is no evidence that it is a good idea to have OS 9 and OS X on separate partitions, in fact it seems to be the case that it is a good idea to have them together. Apple supply their machines in this condition; I'm not saying that Apple are always right, but it is a good pointer. There's nothing wrong with having two partitions, one with OS X and OS 9 (for Classic) and one with just OS 9 on it for when you want to work in OS 9 instead of Classic. This has the advantage that you can have a minimal set of extensions running in the Classic OS 9 version while keeping your normal 'ful' set in the standalone OS 9. The Trash is not shared by both systems. Try putting something in the Trash in OS X, then boot into OS 9; it's not there. Finally, there is nothing at all wrong with Classic; it has worked remarkably well since the first version of OS X, and continues to do so. I've run everything in Classic from Photoshop to Quark with no problems at all; every 'old' application I own worked perfectly in Classic. I rarely use it now, as my applications are all native, but I wouldn't hestitate to use it anytime I needed to. I've never had a single problem with it. I'm not saying that you haven't found problems of your own, but I think it's important for others to know that your experiences are NOT typical of OS X. -- best wishes Paul http://www.paulbradforth.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
