Os 9 to Os X upgrade

[ThomasRobinson]

Hi all, Yesterday i installed Os X on my iMac wich used to have Os 9.0.4 installed on it. The directions instructed me to NOT format the disk and to have both systems run side by side, it ALSO instructed me to update to 9.1 but thats a different story. Any way, i installed Os X and it was working great, but then i restarted my computer and it rebooted as Os 9 again, i know that the Os X was installed because when i got to Mac HD --> Users there is a Folder called TomRobinson and this is what i set up my account as, also, when i look into this folder all the documents that i had on my Os X desktop are there. Is there anyway to ensure that my computer will boot as Os X when i restart it? Or am i just completely screwed?

 

[eric2006]

Try pressing and holding the X key on startup. Otherwise, choose what system to restart from with the OS X CD/DVD, or there might even be something in OS 9 for choosing the boot disk. You can also press "Option" at startup to see a list of bootable OS's.

 

[fryke]

In both OS 9 and OS X there should be a control panel (System Preference Panel in OS X) called "Startp Volume" where you can choose which operating should be booted. Try a couple of times to change this around and see whether the Mac boots into the one which is selected. It should, of course.