OS 10.4 - Dual Booting

acestu · acestu #1 (**permalink**)

09-11-2006, 08:29 AM

Hi there

I was just wondering if anybody could tell me if i can set up a dual boot on my mac, i have a G4 quicksilver and i have just bought a new hard drive and installed tiger on it, however my old drive has panther on it and a lot of stuff that i want to use, so if i could have the option at startup to booting off

neye: tiger or panther that would be great, i'm sure somebody out there will know how to do this...

Thanks In Advance
Acestu

surfwax95 · surfwax95 #2 (**permalink**)

09-11-2006, 09:25 AM

If both hard drives are connected, holding down the Option/Alt key before the chime will give you a menu and you can choose which OS to boot.

acestu · acestu #3 (**permalink**)

09-11-2006, 01:21 PM

Thanks for the info Surfwax, I will give it a twirl

Cheers
Acestu :biohazard

acestu · acestu #4 (**permalink**)

09-11-2006, 01:27 PM

Sorry forgot to ask do you have to set the drive jumpers to both masters or master and slave, or does it not matter...

Thanks Again
Acestu

neye:

surfwax95 · surfwax95 #5 (**permalink**)

09-11-2006, 02:54 PM

If the Quicksilvers support Cable Select, then set both drive jumpers to CS.

Otherwise, (I'm not sure of this) set the drive you use most to Master and the other to Slave, but OS X should still see both drives when booting with Option/Alt held down.

acestu · acestu #6 (**permalink**)

09-11-2006, 03:36 PM

Thanks for the info M8

Sorry i double posted but i realised that this is software and not hardware so i put it in there aswell

cheers
Acestu

surfwax95 · surfwax95 #7 (**permalink**)

09-11-2006, 03:51 PM

No problem, post back with results.

surfwax95 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 27, 2005 Location: Fayetteville, AR Posts: 2,410 Mac Specs: 15" Powerbook G4 • 24" iMac • iPhone 3Gs	09-11-2006, 09:25 AM If both hard drives are connected, holding down the Option/Alt key before the chime will give you a menu and you can choose which OS to boot. I try to Command+Shift+/ when I can. They're - Their - There \| Two - Too - To \| You're - Your \| MAC - Mac I was on the M-F honor roll for October, 2006.
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surfwax95 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 27, 2005 Location: Fayetteville, AR Posts: 2,410 Mac Specs: 15" Powerbook G4 • 24" iMac • iPhone 3Gs	09-11-2006, 02:54 PM If the Quicksilvers support Cable Select, then set both drive jumpers to CS. Otherwise, (I'm not sure of this) set the drive you use most to Master and the other to Slave, but OS X should still see both drives when booting with Option/Alt held down. I try to Command+Shift+/ when I can. They're - Their - There \| Two - Too - To \| You're - Your \| MAC - Mac I was on the M-F honor roll for October, 2006.
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surfwax95 #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 27, 2005 Location: Fayetteville, AR Posts: 2,410 Mac Specs: 15" Powerbook G4 • 24" iMac • iPhone 3Gs	09-11-2006, 03:51 PM No problem, post back with results. I try to Command+Shift+/ when I can. They're - Their - There \| Two - Too - To \| You're - Your \| MAC - Mac I was on the M-F honor roll for October, 2006.
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acestu #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	09-11-2006, 08:29 AM Hi there I was just wondering if anybody could tell me if i can set up a dual boot on my mac, i have a G4 quicksilver and i have just bought a new hard drive and installed tiger on it, however my old drive has panther on it and a lot of stuff that i want to use, so if i could have the option at startup to booting off neye: tiger or panther that would be great, i'm sure somebody out there will know how to do this... Thanks In Advance Acestu
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acestu #4 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	09-11-2006, 01:27 PM Sorry forgot to ask do you have to set the drive jumpers to both masters or master and slave, or does it not matter... Thanks Again Acestu neye:
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acestu #6 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	09-11-2006, 03:36 PM Thanks for the info M8 Sorry i double posted but i realised that this is software and not hardware so i put it in there aswell cheers Acestu
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