Had to do a erase/reinstall on older iMac

I had to do an erase/reinstall on my older iMac. I reinstalled system 9.0.4 and then reinstalled Panther. Everything seemed to go fine. However when I went back from OSX to 9.0 I am unable to start up again in OSX. I don't see it as a choice in my startup preferences in 9.0
How can I return to OSX?

The start up manager in some older version of the OS didn't see OSX properly and wouldn't list it as a startup volume. Hence you could get to 9 from X but not X again from 9.
OSX should be fine you just need to tell the mac to boot from it. (You can try holding down the 'X' key at boot to try and force it to boot OSX. Or hold down the Option key should get you into the boot manager and it will list the OSs and let you pick witch to boot from (When you get back into OSX don't forget to reset it as the boot volume)
Or Try putting in the Install CD and set the start up volume from there.
Where to post depends on what iMac you have. The idea is to post in a forum of people that know it to get the best possible info.
this is the iMac (early 2006) forum for the new Intel iMac
others are for the
iMac G5
iMac (Flat panel) The G4 flat screen
iMac (CRT) If its a CRT (or 'TV tube') like one, or coloured, Flowery or Dalmatian like.
You don't need OS 9 if you have a full install version of Panther you can just boot from that disk and install Panther.
Also you can download the free updates to OS 9.2 from Apples web site if you want.
--Spire

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