SpeedfreaK Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Hello, I'm repairing an imac (g3) of a friend and i want a dualboot system with os 9 and os 10.3. I know that i can install both os. But the pc boots mac os x and when i want mac os 9, i have to select the startup volume in system prefs. Because my friend has kids who want to play games on mac os 9 (old games like put put ) i want an os selector (like acronis boot selector) so they can choose os 9 or os x before the pc boots an os. Is there such a program for a powerpc based mac? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61632-dualboot-1039-and-9/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Just hold option on boot and you will get a graphic selector to pick OS 9 or OS X Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61632-dualboot-1039-and-9/#findComment-437157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 You could make a tiny Linux install, and use Grub to make a much clearer and easier (much faster too) boot selector. BTW, it's official. I <3 GRUB GRUB is the answer to everything. GRUB can end world poverty, cure cancer, make you more money, bring the rainy season when needed *AND* sort out your embarrassing problem in bed! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61632-dualboot-1039-and-9/#findComment-437161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 You could make a tiny Linux install, and use Grub to make a much clearer and easier (much faster too) boot selector. BTW, it's official. I <3 GRUB GRUB is the answer to everything. GRUB can end world poverty, cure cancer, make you more money, bring the rainy season when needed *AND* sort out your embarrassing problem in bed! GRUB is great. Back in my Linux days I hacked the source to display Morpheus holding two pills, one with the Windows logo and the other a Linux logo. Using the arrow keys it swapped the highlight around them. (I was so proud of such a stupid thing, lol) In this case seems like too much work. The built in selector only takes a few seconds on my machine. (unless firewire drive is hooked up) My machine isn't suppose to be bootable from USB, only Firewire, but its the exact opposite! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61632-dualboot-1039-and-9/#findComment-437165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 OK, here is what you have to do for Option to work at startup: 1. Repartition the hard drive (note this erases everything) and format it as HFS+ according to step 2. 2. Make a 5 GB install for OS 9 and the rest for OS X (trust me OS 9 takes up less than 500 MB of space). 3. Install BOTH OS 9 and OS X on the X partition if you use the Classic environment. Otherwise, just X will do. 4. Install OS 9 only on the 5 GB partition. And there ya go. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61632-dualboot-1039-and-9/#findComment-438855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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