The very basic Mac OS 8 Startup Disk utility It hints back to an earlier time of more limited resources. The utility is completely unaware of volumes not formatted with HFS or HFS+ therefore it ignores Unix formatted volumes, including Rhapsody_unix as used by Mac OS X Server.Īdditionally the user has no way of changing the window size it is always as shown: two columns wide, three rows high. Only one operating system per volume is permitted, since the user must select the Volume, not the operating system to be used. Mac OS 8.5, 8.6, and 9.0 provide very basic control. The utility is accessed through ‘Control Panel’ on Classic Mac OS versions or ‘System Preferences’ on Mac OS X. One curiosity I noticed was how Apple had changed the Startup Disk utility over the years and I decided to examine the differences more closely. I recently installed every version of Apple’s operating system that is compatible with the 1999 Blue & White G3 Power Mac – 11 major Mac operating systems: 8.5, 8.6, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, and Mac OS X Server 1.2.

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