John McGibney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Seems like the OS version on the CD is older than the G4. There is no way to
upgrade the installer to allow it to install on that G4. You'll need a
System Install CD for your machine.
You could create a .img file of the CD, mount it and install the 9.2.2
upgrade to it but the installer would probably still not let you install
9.2.1 on the machine because the necessary enabler/identifier file for the
machine isn't in the installer package.
If you had access to an older G4 machine and a spare hard drive you could
install 9.2.1 to that machine, upgrade it to 9.2.2 and then copy that system
folder to a blank CD making a drag-&-drop installer.
John
If this is the case, you can fool the installer by using an Apple Developer Utility called "MachID Wannabe" to switch the Gestalt Mach ID # in NVRAM to that of a similar but older G-4 that was supported on the installer disk. Since MachID Wannabe is an older program and only has a list of ID #'s up to the last available when it was written (Beige or B&W I think?) you might want to find the Gestalt ID # if a newer G-4 that the 9.2.1 installer would recognize. Once you were done installing, just switch the ID # back. Here's a link to a download:
http://www.resexcellence.com/files/wannabe.hqx
Good luck, Kris Tilford
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