accidently changed startup volume to mac os9 while using osx 10 now my mac boots up to gray screen with smiley macico.
How do I fix this
PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.3.x)
I meant smiley mac icon
6 replies
Restart the computer with the X key held down.
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That didn't do anything
If you’re able to boot Mac OS 9 completely, open the Startup Disk control panel and select the Mac OS X system.
If Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X are on separate partitions, press Option at restart, click on the Mac OS X system, and then reselect it as the startup disk.
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I cannot completely boot os9 and when I press setting it says SERVER HD And when I click it it just trys to boot os9 again
As Niel suggested, pressing the X key at startup should force the machine to boot using OS X.
When doing this, you should press the X key about the same time the startup chimes sound, and you should continue to hold the X key down until you are sure the machine has started to boot using OS X.
Note that if the keyboard you are using is not an Apple one, it may not be compatible with the standard set of Mac OS startup commands.
accidently changed startup volume to mac os9 while using osx 10 now my mac boots up to gray screen with smiley macico.