Boot into OS 9 without setting Startup Disk

Mar 20, '02 11:24:58PM

Contributed by: Anonymous

Sometimes on my home system (Beige G3 DT), I still have to reboot into classic to run various apps, utilities, etc. Instead of constantly visiting Preferences -> Startup disk to change my startup drive, I found out that if I reboot my Mac and hold down the "c" key, (with no CD rom in the drive), it will reboot into my classic environment. Then, if I need to go back into X, I just reboot and it automatically reboots into X without having to visit any control panels! My current HD is setup this way:

Partition 1 - 4 Gb (MacOS 9)
Partition 2 - 4 Gb (MacOS X)
Partition 3 - 22 Gb (Data)

I am not sure if it only works in this configuration, but it might be worth a try on other configurations.

[Editor's note: Just when I thought I'd seen all possible ways to restart an OS X box into OS 9, here's another one to prove me wrong!]

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