Reinstalling Classic

charles21 (apparently) - 05:23pm Jul 13, 2006 PST
via email

Hello group, I hope someone can help.

I loaded 10.4.1 on my Mac G4 when it became available. The updates
have come from Apple since then so I am now at 10.4.7. My start up
disk is 10.4.1 from the source, Apple.

Some how I have managed to corrupt the System involvement of the
Classic Start up and now it won't load the Classic mode at startup or
any other time. It is interfering with my printer - forces me to turn
it off then back on each time I restart the computer. As long as I
don't shut down printing is fine. ( it is an HP 1100 Laser Printer) I
don't use any Classic applications any more, but still the start up
screen stops at "Classic Starting Up" and never finishes. I just
ignore it or quit the start up.


My startup disc won't let me startup with it, too many steps down the
line. It wants to re-install.

Is there anything I can do to get around this or install the Classic
Mode again without a complete reinstall of the OS and then the
download upgrades from Apple?

Charles