setting up separate OS's with different accounts - is this possible?

gordguide · Jan 7th, 2003, 11:12 AM

This takes a moment longer than a regular boot, but it may work better for both of you.

Determine a default OS, and set that via Startup Disk. Whomever uses this OS can boot as normal.

The other user can startup with the "Option" key depressed. After a moment you can select any installed System to direct boot. This is independant of what is set in the Startup Disk control panel.

If a reboot is necessary (say, after installing SW) and the Mac is set to boot the other OS via Startup Disk, then the logged in user can use the Startup Disk control panel to reset the default OS, which will be faster on reboot than the Option key method.

Hopefully the user will remember to reset the default. If this is too much to ask, then just instruct them to use the Option key all the time.

CubaMark · Jan 7th, 2003, 11:46 AM

GordGuide - is this an OS X.2 feature? Under OS x.1.5, this only works if you have OSX and OS9 on separate partitions...

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depmode101 · Jan 7th, 2003, 12:11 PM

set up - im using osx 10.2.3 and have two users -
my wife needs to run in os9 for her applications and i prefer to stay in osx.

question - is it possible to set up an account for her so that when she logs in, it boots up in OS9 instead of OSX?

i know that she could still run her apps in osx with classic mode - but it would be much easier for it to boot into os9 instead - without x being up.

right now, i have to manually go into startup disk each time and restart - this is a pain -

please someone help me

thank you