Chris Little wrote:
> on 2/29/08 3:55 PM, Tony Alfrey at tonyalfrey at earthlink dot net wrote:
>
>> Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>> Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>>> Eric Richards wrote:
>> <snip>
>>>>> Also this Mac is dual boot(OS 9 & 10) but OS 9 isn't installed and would
>>>>> like to install OS 9 (for those few OS 9 app's). how would I do this ?
>>>>> Just boot off the OS 9 cd then install ?
>>>> Assuming you have partitioned the drive, you simply select which
>>>> partition you wish to install to.
>> Sorry, incomplete answer: you install to the empty partition w/o OS 10.
>> You cannot put OS 9 and OS 10 on the same partition.
>>
>>
>
> Sure you can. If I remember correctly OS 9 won't install on a partition that
> already has OS X on it but you can move the OS 9 application and system
> folder to any partition after the fact. I actually recommend making a disk
> image of these two folders to simplify restoring the machine at some future
> point.
>
> Chris
Yes, excuse me, I think that is correct. They are dissimilar operating
systems and have entirely different system file names and boot scripts.
I think I must have been thinking about installing two *Unix*
operating systems on the same partition.
--
Tony Alfrey
tonyalfrey at earthlink dot net
"I'd Rather Be Sailing"
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