Bare-Bones Classic...

paul

OK, I just want to be able to play YDKJ and thats it... what can I get rid of in my System folder (and any other folders I dont need)



see i still want to be able to start classic... but i dont want it taking up all that space on my hard drive... (hey every MB counts!!)



any suggestions on what can go?

luca

You could try booting into OS 9, then you can go to your extensions manager and disable any extensions you don't think you need. That'll save startup time. If there are extensions or control panels that you know you'll never need, like nVidia drivers if you have an ATI card (or vice versa), you can go to your extensions (disabled) and control panels (disabled) folders and delete them.

xaqtly

I disabled a whole bunch of control panels and extensions, which makes it boot much faster in Classic mode, and it should be more stable that way too. Here's a list of the extensions I disabled. Your list may vary depending on whether you need any of those or not - you'll have to decide that.



Apple Modem Tool

ATI 3D Accelerator

ATI Driver Update

ATI Graphics Accelerator

ATI Radeon 3D Accelerator

ATI Rage 128 3D Accelerator

ATI Resource Manager

ATI Video Accelerator

Control Strip Extension

Desktop Printer Spooler

Desktop PrintMonitor

DVD AutoLauncher

DVD Navigation Manager ATI

DVD Navigation Manager NV

DVD Region Manager

DVD Video Interface

DVDRuntimeLib

FBC Indexing Scheduler

File Sharing Extension

File Sharing Library

Find By Content

Folder Actions

Internal USB Modem

Internal V.90 Modem

Location Manager Extension

Multi-User Startup

OpenGLRendererATI

QuickTime FireWire DV Enabler

QuickTime FireWire DV Support

QuickTime? Musical Instruments

QuickTime? VR

Security Cert Module

Security Library

Security Manager

Security Policy Module

Security Storage Module

Serial Tool

ShareWay IP Personal Bgnd

Software Update Engine

Software Update Scheduler

Text Tool

Theater Mode

Time Synchronizer

TTY Tool

USB Authoring Support

USB Printer Sharing Extension

USB Software Locator\t

Voice Verification

VT102 Tool

XMODEM Tool

ibrowse

Do you mean booting classic environment in X? Because in Jag there is an option to boot into classic with all unneccisary extensions turned off.

serrano

Do this, in extensions manager select 9.2.2 Base. Then start removing if you feel that is not slim enough.

anamac

David Pogue's Mac OS X book has some good suggestions for creating a separate Classic boot set (with tons of extensions turned off) and keeping a full OS 9 set for when you want to boot in 9 with everything you might want turned on.

aquatic

If you have an ATI card you need the extensions in Classic!? That's hardware, I thought that was all handled by OSX... <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

junkyard dawg

You can disable all of the ATI extensions in classic mode....you're right, OS X handles driving the video card.



I've got an OS X extension set that lets me start Classic in under 40 seconds. Very nice!

aquatic

Is there a site that talks about this?



Are hardware things like the FireWire drivers, Ethernet drivers, etc, handled by OS X? Should I disable my Logitech MouseWare?

luca

Hah! JYD, I got you beat - 18 seconds from when I clicked "Start Classic" in the pref pane until the window disappeared. It only takes 10 seconds with extensions disabled.



As far as booting into OS 9, I don't really have enough time to test that out and see how fast it is. I might check sometime.



Anyway, if all you want is to play YDKJ, you could disable everything except stuff having to do with graphics, sound, and I/O. So all your network stuff can go. Of course, if you're wanting to save HD space, not just startup time, then maybe you should think twice about deleting all your OS 9 extensions - the nonessential ones can go, but sometime you may actually want to use OS 9 with something you're disabling, and you wouldn't want to have to reinstall the system in order to get those extensions back.