Switching Between Operating Systems: Startup Disk

Tiger makes it simple to choose which operating system you boot into. You can have multiple versions of Mac OS X installed on different drives or partitions and pick and choose between them easily. If you have a G4, you can even boot directly into Mac OS 9.x (Classic).

Choosing Your Boot Device in Tiger

To choose your operating system, open the Startup Disk System Preferences pane, shown in Figure 5.59.

Figure 5.59. Boot directly into Mac OS 9.x using the Startup Disk pane.

After searching the available disks and partitions (this can take a while) for viable systems, each ...

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