9.2.2 on G4 Tower
- Thread starter Quadraman
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Stick the CD in, and reboot holding down C. The System should boot from the CD and allow you to install 9.2.1. Once it's installed, you should be able to dual-boot by selecting the system you want to use in the Startup Disk control panel or preference pane. The System folder should also show up in the Classic preference pane and you should be able to start up Classic from there.
With the G4 Digital Audio (and some other models) you can also select the boot volume on startup (provided you have OS X and OS 9 installed on seperate disks or partitions). Hold down the option key when you switch on the Mac and you will very quickly get a "Bootcamp" style screen giving you options for which disk you would like to start from.
Take a look here for more info: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106178
Take a look here for more info: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106178
That's what I did on my Gigabit G4. I gave a 5 gig partition to OS 9. When I start it up, all I do is hold down "Option" and I get, like he said, a bootcamp-style screen where I can choose between all the OS's installed on my machine.
Just out of curiosity, how is OS 9 installed (for Classic) on the newer machines that can't boot OS 9? As the only installers on the OS 9 CD are Classic apps, which you can't run without either booting off the CD or already having a Classic environment installed.
I don't know how Apple did it before they shipped a new machine, (I would guess they use mass hard drive duplicators) but if I had to do it, I'd move the hard drive to machine that can boot from the 9 CD and do the install there then move the hard drive back to the original machine.
So if you get your Mac without the original discs (and let's face it, old Macs never seem to come with the original discs 
), you're stuck as far as installing Classic goes?
), you're stuck as far as installing Classic goes?
As for installing OS 9 on something like a used G5-based Mac, that's a good question. I usually try and stay away from used systems that don't have the discs, especially something that couldn't boot into OS 9. Still, you could probably just purchase a copy from a place like AppleRescue.
http://applerescue.com
http://applerescue.com
I have found things like 10.3.0 eMac restore CDs to have things like this hidden in invisible folders. One thing you might want to look for is OS9General.dmg.
See my post in the following thread for more info:
http://freaky.staticusers.net/ugboard/viewtopic.php?t=25049
Using the above method I have been able to boot my Sawtooth off it but OS9General.dmg is intended for classic so it will not be a fully functional install.
See my post in the following thread for more info:
http://freaky.staticusers.net/ugboard/viewtopic.php?t=25049
Using the above method I have been able to boot my Sawtooth off it but OS9General.dmg is intended for classic so it will not be a fully functional install.
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