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From: Jamie Kahn Genet on 15 Oct 2006 21:31 It's OS X or OSX or anything without the excessive full stops. Regards, Jamie Kahn Genet (who is in a pedantic frame of mind today ;-) ). -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
From: Tom Stiller on 15 Oct 2006 22:02 In article <151020061627064941%dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>, Dave Balderstone <dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote: > In article <tomstiller-10F7F4.17573715102006(a)comcast.dca.giganews.com>, > Tom Stiller <tomstiller(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > In article <michelle-3FD70B.14103415102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, > > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > > > In article <4532A0B1.BE2B9C6(a)address.com>, > > > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > If there's room, install X onto your internal drive instead. > > > > > > > > I don't want to do that yet because I'm just starting to learn X, and > > > > I would no longer be able to start from 9, which is a scary prospect. > > > > > > Sure you would; all you would need to do is use Startup Disk to decide > > > which OS should be the default to startup with. To override that, press > > > the option key when starting the computer, and then choose which OS to > > > start up with. > > > > The Option key won't allow you to select between two startup partitions > > on the internal disk; you have to use the Startup Disk > > System?Preference/Control Panel for that. > > Yes, it will. If the drive is partitioned with OS X on one and OS 9 on > the other, the option key at startup will work fine. > > It will not allow you to select between OS's installed on the same > partition, which I suspect is what you meant to write. Yes, that's what I meant to say. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: Andreas Rutishauser on 16 Oct 2006 00:54 In article <michelle-406928.15292615102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <tomstiller-10F7F4.17573715102006(a)comcast.dca.giganews.com>, > Tom Stiller <tomstiller(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > > Sure you would; all you would need to do is use Startup Disk to > > > decide which OS should be the default to startup with. To override > > > that, press the option key when starting the computer, and then > > > choose which OS to start up with. > > > > The Option key won't allow you to select between two startup > > partitions on the internal disk; you have to use the Startup Disk > > System?Preference/Control Panel for that. sorry, not true. The Option key at Startup will show you every bootable partition. > > Are you sure? I'm sure that back when I had a G3 and then a G4 iMac, > the option key would let me choose between OS 9 and OS X to startup > with. I had them both on the same partition. Sorry, not true. The Option key at Startup will show you only the OS X of a partition. Cheers Andreas -- MacAndreas Rutishauser, <http://www.MacAndreas.ch> EDV-Dienstleistungen, Hard- und Software, Internet und Netzwerk Beratung, Unterstuetzung und Schulung <mailto:andreas(a)MacAndreas.ch>, Fon: 044 / 721 36 47
From: Jon on 16 Oct 2006 05:48 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <1hn9iza.9y56bbha2nl7N%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, > mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > > > > Are you sure? I'm sure that back when I had a G3 and then a G4 > > > iMac, the option key would let me choose between OS 9 and OS X to > > > startup with. I had them both on the same partition. > > > > I'm sure. Your memory is playing tricks with you, but of course you > > know memory is the second thing to go. > > What's the first thing to go? No, I think what he's hinting at actually is one of the last things to go as it is based on a spinal cord reflex, not on higher cerebral functions. -- /Jon For contact info, run the following in Terminal: Mail: echo 36199371860304980107073482417748002696458P|dc Skype: echo 139576319600233690471689738P|dc
From: Tom Stiller on 16 Oct 2006 07:02
In article <andreas-D1FB8D.06540216102006(a)individual.de>, Andreas Rutishauser <andreas(a)macandreas.ch> wrote: > In article <michelle-406928.15292615102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > In article <tomstiller-10F7F4.17573715102006(a)comcast.dca.giganews.com>, > > Tom Stiller <tomstiller(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > Sure you would; all you would need to do is use Startup Disk to > > > > decide which OS should be the default to startup with. To override > > > > that, press the option key when starting the computer, and then > > > > choose which OS to start up with. > > > > > > The Option key won't allow you to select between two startup > > > partitions on the internal disk; you have to use the Startup Disk > > > System?Preference/Control Panel for that. > > sorry, not true. The Option key at Startup will show you every bootable > partition. > > > > Are you sure? I'm sure that back when I had a G3 and then a G4 iMac, > > the option key would let me choose between OS 9 and OS X to startup > > with. I had them both on the same partition. > > Sorry, not true. The Option key at Startup will show you only the OS X > of a partition. > Sorry, not true. The Option key at startup will show whatever OS has been selected by Startup Disk for that partition. It will also show non-Mac OSs (e.g. Linux). -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF |