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TAM OS 7.6.1

haplain

Well-known member
I've got my TAM back up and running again. I have 2 partitions, 1 for 9.1 and 1 for 7.6.1. I want the 7.6.1 to show how the TAM came stock. I've got 7.6.1 burned to a CD and have installed the OS onto the partition. When I start the machine on the 7.6.1. side it says the machine is not supported. Does anyone know if there is a special version or extensions for the TAM to run 7.6.1? I should also note I have a Sonnet 500Mhz processor in there and don't know if that's causing the issue or not. I put the Sonnet extensions in the 7.6.1 Extension folder but it does' even get to that loading screen on boot. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

mcdermd

Well-known member
Why not use your TAM restore CD to make it "original" on that partition?

Also, shouldn't this go in the PPC forum?

 

LCGuy

LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Indeed :)

Anyway a TAM owner might be able to tell us more, there is a chance the TAM may have required a special enabler.

 

haplain

Well-known member
Turns out the partitions weren't setup correctly. I used Drive Setup in 9.1 to create 2 partitions but when I chose customized and Mac OS Extended it made both partitions that format. I needed to format the drives as Mac OS Standard, install the TAM System Software Restore CD on the partition I needed. I then took out the SSD and connected it to a G4 Cube and used 10.4 to format the other partition using Disk Utility to Mac OS Extended. I then was able to use my MacPro to transfer over the 55GB of music and system files for 9.1. Now I've got both 7.6.1 and 9.1 going.

 

mcdermd

Well-known member
:lol:

Well, anything in "classic" Mac land is half-foreign these days. Anymore, I just forget about any modern convenience and load the machine to stock config. If I want something newer, I just use a newer machine.

 
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