For those who dual boot OS X and OS 9

[Project Alice]

As of now, my Power Mac G4 Digital Audio is the only Mac of mine that dual boots OS 9 and OS X. I have the OS 9 partition hidden from the OS X partition (which runs Tiger) to prevent any problems between them. I use Tiger more for just about everything because the other Macs I use regularly don't like talking to OS 9 over the network and I use my Power Mac as a file server. I will boot into OS 9 on occasion because I do prefer it over OS X. I primarily use OS 9 for gaming (an ATI Rage 128 Pro won't let you run many OS X games) and also for making greeting cards in The Print Shop Deluxe. I also use OS 9 for writing when I can, due to the lack of distractions.

I would like to start using OS 9 more soon, as I absolutely love the way it works and perfect (for me) balance between limitation and functionality.

There are no problems that could arise from Tiger having access to your OS 9 partition. In fact, they can be installed on the same partition. This is how OS 9 came installed on Macs after the release of OS X. I have many macs with Tiger and OS 9 on a single partition, for the use of classic within Tiger, or booting into OS 9.

 

[RogerWilco6502]

There are no problems that could arise from Tiger having access to your OS 9 partition. In fact, they can be installed on the same partition. This is how OS 9 came installed on Macs after the release of OS X. I have many macs with Tiger and OS 9 on a single partition, for the use of classic within Tiger, or booting into OS 9.

I've had it happen multiple times and so I decided to bite the bullet and not let it happen a third time.

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I know there are ways around not getting it to happen, but I thought it would be best if I separated them seeing as I'd probably forget and do something I shouldn't do 😅