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OS Switching at startup
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Hello,
I have been searching for an answer to this but cannot find it.
I know how to switch which OS I want to start 10.x or 9.x from the perferance panes.
however, is there a way to decide durning startup. Like some cntr+???
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Hold down the option key at startup. You will be presented with icons representing all of the valid startup disks. Be warned though, it takes a little longer for all of the choices to mount.
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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also, holding down the X key will force it to boot straight into OS X
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Originally posted by Gankdawg:
Hold down the option key at startup. You will be presented with icons representing all of the valid startup disks. Be warned though, it takes a little longer for all of the choices to mount.
But unfortunately, this is of no use if OS 9 and OS X are on the same disk, which is the default! I wish they'd fix this, or provide an OS 9 equivalent to holding down "X" to start up in OS X.
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Join Date: Mar 2000
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You can choose the default startup disk in the startup disk control panel.
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Originally posted by Fredo:
You can choose the default startup disk in the startup disk control panel.
And how do you do this during startup?
(which was the original question)
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Join Date: Jul 2000
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Originally posted by Brass:
And how do you do this during startup?
(which was the original question)
Only method i know of is to create another partition with your OS 9 System Folder. Then you can select your 9 partition from the list of disks in the OF screen.
If you don't want to waste a lot of space with OS 9, you can always just create a smaller (~500MB) partition for your 9 system files and then fool OS 9 into thinking it has all it's required Applications, Documents, Apple Extras, etc directories by using aliases to the real deal on your primary (X) partition.
Obviously this is not *exactly* what you're looking for, but a setup like this does offer you the benefit of an always-present emergency boot disk in case your OS 10 volume goes sour for any any reason.
HTH
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cmd-x will boot into Mac OS X if 9 and X are on the same partition and that's the partition you're booting from
cmd-opt hold down onto second chime, will boot into OS 9
copied from a document called "magical macintosh key sequences", try google search
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