Mac OS X Unleashed

By John Ray and William C. Ray

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Introduction to Mac OS X
  • Chapter 1. Mac OS X Component Architecture
  • Chapter 2. Installing Mac OS X
  • Chapter 3. Mac OS X Basics
  • Chapter 4. The Finder: Working with Files and Applications
  • Chapter 5. Running Classic Mac OS Applications
    • The Classic Environment
    • Launching Classic
    • The Boot Process
    • Running Classic Applications
    • Classic Options
    • Direct Booting Mac OS 9.x
    • Summary
  • Part II: Inside Mac OS X
  • Chapter 6. Native Utilities and Applications
  • Chapter 7. Internet Communications
  • Chapter 8. Installing Third-Party Applications
  • Part III: User-Level OS X Configuration
  • Chapter 9. Network Setup
  • Chapter 10. Printer and Font Management
  • Chapter 11. Additional System Components
  • Part IV: Introduction to BSD Applications
  • Chapter 12. Introducing the BSD Subsystem
  • Chapter 13. Common Unix Shell Commands: File Operations
  • Part V: Advanced Command-Line Concepts
  • Chapter 14. Advanced Shell Concepts and Commands
  • Chapter 15. Command-Line Applications and Application Suites
  • Chapter 16. Command-Line Software Installation
  • Chapter 17. Troubleshooting Software Installs, and Compiling and Debugging Manually
  • Chapter 18. Advanced Unix Shell Use: Configuration and Programming (Shell Scripting)
  • Part VI: Server/Network Administration
  • Chapter 19. X Window System Applications
  • Chapter 20. Command-Line Configuration and Administration
  • Chapter 21. AppleScript
  • Chapter 22. Perl Scripting and SQL Connectivity
  • Chapter 23. File and Resource Sharing with NetInfo
  • Chapter 24. User Management and Machine Clustering
  • Chapter 25. FTP Serving
  • Chapter 26. Remote Access and Administration
  • Chapter 27. Web Serving
  • Part VII: Server Health
  • Chapter 28. Web Programming
  • Chapter 29. Creating a Mail Server
  • Chapter 30. Accessing and Serving a Windows Network
  • Chapter 31. Server Security and Advanced Network Configuration
  • Chapter 32. System Maintenance
  • Appendix A. Command-Line Reference
  • Appendix B. Administration Reference

Direct Booting Mac OS 9.x

To directly boot into Mac OS 9.x, use the Startup Disk System Preferences panel, shown in Figure 5.17.

Figure 5.17 Boot directly into Mac OS 9.x using the Startup Disk panel.

After searching the mounted disks (this can take awhile) for viable systems, each of the accessible system folders is listed in the Startup Disk panel. Each icon lists the OS version and volume name. To select one, click the icon; a status message will appear at the bottom of the screen describing your choice.

Quit the System Preferences application when you're finished. The next time you restart your computer, it will boot into the operating system you selected.

Booting into OS X

To switch back to OS X after running 9.1, you follow a similar process as switching from Mac OS X to Mac OS 9. From the Apple menu, choose Control Panels, and then select and open the Startup Disk control panel, which is displayed in Figure 5.18.

Figure 5.18 The Mac OS 9.x Startup Disk control panel works the same way as the Mac OS X Startup Disk panel.

Each mounted disk is displayed on a line in the control panel. Disks that include a bootable system folder have a disclosure arrow directly in front of them. Clicking the disclosure arrow displays the operating systems located on that disk, along with their path and version.

To boot into OS X, highlight the OS X installation within the list, and then click the Restart button in the lower-right corner. If you don't want to restart immediately, close the control panel. The next time the system restarts, it will boot into the selected system.

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