iBook problems

[eric55lv]

So I accidently put the start up disc on my iBook on Mac OS 9.2 and I cant put it back on panther and I dont have the install dics help please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bakkalohriat]

Turn off the computer, then hold down the Option key and turn it back on. It should pop up with a selection screen that allows you to choose between boot disks.

 

[eric55lv]

Turn off the computer, then hold down the Option key and turn it back on. It should pop up with a selection screen that allows you to choose between boot disks.

All it had was OS 9 any other ideas?

 

[skubish]

buy a copy of panther on ebay

 

[eric55lv]

buy a copy of panther on ebay

Im broke and I cant wait like 2 weeks for it to ship here

 

[Bakkalohriat]

Just to check, you've already tried changing the boot disk in OS 9, correct?

 

[iMouseHD]

I can not recall but it does it give the option in system prefs under 9.2 to see and choose the start up disc volume?

 

[Bakkalohriat]

I can not recall but it does it give the option in system prefs under 9.2 to see and choose the start up disc volume?

I've been digging around a bit on the Apple support site, and it does indeed have a similar boot disk feature to OS X. It shows a tree of the physical disks in the system, with the partitions underneath; I believe that should fix his problem.

 

[eric55lv]

Just to check, you've already tried changing the boot disk in OS 9, correct?

No i have not

 

[Bakkalohriat]

No i have not

See if it gives you the option to select the Panther partition as a book disk and let us know if you have any luck.

 

[eric55lv]

Well I found a folder that says Start Up Items but there was no Panther there I may go to the Apple store to see if there is anything they can do

 

[eric55lv]

Well I made another thread about this and someone posted a way to get out of Mac OS 9.NOTE TO MODS: please close this thread