Thanks Jonas - sorry it is Tiger, not a Mac guy so I'm confusing my carnivoires....
Yes, the 10.4 OS sees the Mac 9.1 disk very nicely, and I tried (out of desporation) physically copying all of the CD folders over to an empty hard drive, upon which the Classic OS window also found, and labeled it an OS9 system disk, but booting to that isn't particularly productive as it knows that baby is a copy, and suggests I boot from the CD... yah yah yah, I know, you can't install 9.1 that way...... So it can't be the CD as I can physically move all of the files over fine. The reason I am going to the 'custom' thing is the wiki below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_9 give a look at the table at the bottom under the PowerPC Digital Audio G4, and it tells you that: OS 9.0 is NFG; 9.1 is OK, but it needs a 'custom' version of the 9.1 install disk; 9.2 is also OK (But I can't use 9.2 as I have a hardware device that won't run under 9.2, the Imate ADB to USB adaptor). I'm getting ready to learn how to hack my software to avoid that dongle, looks like it might be the easier way to go lol..... Any ideas folks?? On Mar 2, 10:17 am, Jonas Ulrich <jonasulrich3...@gmail.com> wrote: > You should be able to install via a universal non-machine specific > installer. Here are a couple things to check: > > Just for clarification, you said you have 10.4 Panther? Those are two > different operating systems. Are you running 10.3 Panther, or 10.4 Tiger? > > When you are booted into OSX, will the operating system see the OS 9.1 > install disc? > > Your optical drive might be getting worn out, I've had lots of those > machines with bad optical drives. Do you have a different optical drive you > could try? > > -Jonas -- 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
