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Switching between OS 9 and OS X at boot
Authored by: elgy on Nov 26, '04 09:01:18PM

Can anyone help me with this, I am reletively new to Macs.
I just installed OS X 10.2 on a Power Mac G4 that also has OS 9.0.
-OS X installed fine, was able to boot to it a couple of times
- I switched to boot to OS 9, that worked fine but I have not been able to get back to OS X.
- On my iMac G3 with OS X 10.2.8 and 9.2.2 when in OS 9 I can go to Startup disk and chose the OS to boot from - on the above mentioned installation in OS 9 when I go to Startup disk it shows me the disk icon, but no OSs.
- if I hold the X key while booting... it boots into OS 9.
- is this because of the older OS 9 version? The firmware ? (I don't know which version it is and can't find it in OS 9) Would resetting the PRAM help?
Thanks in advance.



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Switching between OS 9 and OS X at boot
Authored by: timcrawf on Nov 27, '04 09:27:03AM

Yes, it is because of the older OS 9 version, no resetting the PRAM will not help. Upgrade the system to at least 9.1 and then make sure you have the newest version of the Startup Disk Control Panel.
Under the Apple Menu is About this Computer, this will show you what version you have. Use the Software Update control panel to upgrade.



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