On Apr 12, 2009, at 12:54 PM, PAR wrote:
> > In system profiler in OSX 10.4, both drives say they have OS9 drivers > installed. I installed OS 9 retail on my old B&W, and have the same > retail install cd (Orange 9 on white cd reading 9.2.1) here I first > used to install on my old G3. You have to check the partitions, not the drives, specifically the partition with the OS 9 on it you are trying to boot. > > Paul > > > On Apr 12, 2:10 pm, Clark Martin <cm...@sonic.net> wrote: >> On Apr 12, 2009, at 10:40 AM, PAR wrote: >> >> >> >>> I recently upgraded from a B&W G3 to a Gigabit G4. I moved my three >>> partition 60 GB drive over from the B&W to the G4 as a second drive, >>> with OSX10.2, OSX 10.3, and OS 9.2.2 installed in that drive. OSX >>> 10.4 >>> is installed on the original G4 drive. I can boot to the 10.2 and >>> 10.3 >>> partitions fine from OSX 10.4, but booting to 9.2.2 does not work. >>> I've tried to reinstall 9.2.2 in its partition on the second drive, >>> but a boot from cd does not recognize the partition (or even the >>> drive) as installable for 9.2.2. Anyone with any ideas? Does the OS 9 CD see the partition in question? If it does what does the installer say when it can't install? What happens you you try to boot to the OS 9.2.2 equipped partition (details)? >> >> Odds are that partition doesn't have OS 9 drivers installed. In OS X >> check System Profiler for that drive (under ATA). There is a field >> labeled "OS9 Drivers". If it is "No" then you will need to copy the >> contents somewhere, and erase the drive using Disk Utility, making >> sure to include the OS 9 Drivers option. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
