It boots from the CD so the problem is likely your hard drive. How is your hard drive formatted? If you set it up with OS X you have to make sure to install OS 9 drivers. You might need to reformat the hard drive using that option. You probably don't need 200 GB for OS 9, you caould partition the drive into 2 sections, 20 GB shouyld be enough for OS 9 with lots of apps, the other 180 GB could be a backup for your data or a clone of OS X for emergency startup.
On Sep 24, 1:26 pm, Timothy <ducati900fe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello list, > I have a Digital Audio DP533mhz that I want to play old games on, and > use old adobe software, pretty much use as a toy, I have a g5 and a > macbook pro so I don't need the thing, but I really want to go back to > the old days of my imac once in a while. > > I cannot boot into os9. I have a generic retail 9.2.1 cd that I have > tried to install and it almost works. I have installed os9, didnt't > work so I replaced the System Folder with the one from the 9.2.1 > install cd, and opened it to bless it, but when I restart as I press > the option key it offers the hard drive system folder as a boot option > then tries to boot, reboots and goes into Panther. > > 1. I have an Adaptec card that has the 2 hard drives, one on each bus, > both are cable select and format fine but > 2. They are both over 200 gig. That isn't the problem is it? The > card allows for big drives, and is why I got it. > 3. It boots from the retail cd fine. > 4. I got the computer off ebay and I don't have the original install > cds, but places likehttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT1835 > say that 9.2.1, which is written on my retail cd, is supported. > 5. 10.3 works great on one of the hard drives, I want os9 solo on the > other one and thought it would make it easier. > 6. Classic works fine, I tried opening the system folder on the os9 > drive in classic to bless it for when it boots off the hard drive but > it didn't work. It would change the system folder form a regular > folder to one with a smile face on it, but it would boot from the os9 > drive for a second then reboot right away into osx. > 7. I tried using the "sudo bless -folder9 .../path... -use9 or - > setBoot " from inside osx and it didn't work. > 8. I reset the pram a bunch of times. > > Any ideas? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
