02-10-2006, 03:09 AM
AFAIK, the XPostFacto documentation is clear about not trying to use the startup disk control panel to go from 9 to OS X. What you need to do, is start XPF while still running in 9, then select the OS X folder you wish to start up from, then select restart. At least that is how you had to do it on the older versions that I am familiar with (I haven't downloaded a new version in more than a year, probably).
That being said, if you want to remove it, have you tried running the installer again, and looking for an uninstall option? I don't recall if there is such an option, because I have never tried to uninstall it. But I would think that just searching up the files and removing them should do the job, but like I said, I haven't tried it firsthand, so don't know for sure.
It was always my experience that XPostFacto generally worked like it was advertised to, but that it required you to read and follow the instructions (quite extensive, once you include all of the online documentation) very carefully, to the letter, to be sure that you didn't have problems. I might have misunderstood from your post, but if you missed the instructions telling you in no uncertain terms not to ever use the startup disk control panel to try to switch from OS 9 to OS X, then maybe you missed some other vital recommendation in your installation attempts, and that could be the problem with your system.
I do know that typically, Beige boxes have had a mixed success rate, even when all instructions were followed, and when last I read anything about it, there was still no definite predictor, or correlation between any specific instructions and success or failure with Beige installations, it was still a crap shoot.
HTH
hwystar
That being said, if you want to remove it, have you tried running the installer again, and looking for an uninstall option? I don't recall if there is such an option, because I have never tried to uninstall it. But I would think that just searching up the files and removing them should do the job, but like I said, I haven't tried it firsthand, so don't know for sure.
It was always my experience that XPostFacto generally worked like it was advertised to, but that it required you to read and follow the instructions (quite extensive, once you include all of the online documentation) very carefully, to the letter, to be sure that you didn't have problems. I might have misunderstood from your post, but if you missed the instructions telling you in no uncertain terms not to ever use the startup disk control panel to try to switch from OS 9 to OS X, then maybe you missed some other vital recommendation in your installation attempts, and that could be the problem with your system.
I do know that typically, Beige boxes have had a mixed success rate, even when all instructions were followed, and when last I read anything about it, there was still no definite predictor, or correlation between any specific instructions and success or failure with Beige installations, it was still a crap shoot.
HTH
hwystar