Original iBook ROM 2.3.1

[blitter]

Does anyone have either the original version 2.3.1 Mac OS ROM that shipped with the original clamshell iBook, or an OS 8.6 install/restore CD for the original iBook? I've been given an iBook to restore primarily as a gaming machine and I'm looking to install OS 8.6 for at least one game that does not work well in 9 but works perfectly in 8.6 (ShadowWraith). Booting 8.6 using a later ROM causes a bus error on boot immediately after the "Welcome to Mac OS" screen appears. I have checked Mac GUI and the Garden for this particular version and it seems this one is missing from both, either as a standalone or part of collections. Feel free to PM me if you have this ROM/CD and wouldn't mind sharing. Please?

 

[360alaska]

Is it a Tangerine or Blueberry ibook? I have a blueberry and I just used generic 8.6 without issues.

 

[blitter]

8.6 should work on either the Tangerine or the Blueberry models, since those were both the original models. What ROM are you using? What do you mean "generic 8.6"-- as far as I know, 8.6 was never sold by itself...

 

[360alaska]

Generic, as in regular : https://winworldpc.com/product/mac-os-8/86

You can also try this:

http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=806.0

 

[blitter]

Are you able to boot from either of those images? When I use the Mac OS ROM file from either of them (version 1.4) then all I get at startup is the blinking question mark folder.

I'm pretty sure I need Mac OS ROM version 2.3.1 *specifically,* as this is what shipped with the machine.