On Mar 2, 1:53 am, jsmanson <jsman...@shaw.ca> wrote: > I have the above machine with no disks, running 10.4 Panther, with no > classic installed. I have been trying to install classic, and I need > OS9.1 (no later) for compatibility with some older hardware. So I > bought the 9.1 retail install CD, and I have been trying to get this > beast to boot off the CD with no success. If I boot holding down the > C key, I get the question mark and smiling face dance for about 1 > minute as the CD whirls away, after which the system gives up and > moves on to OSX.
On my recently deceased DA G4 I had a separate partition for OS 9. When you format the HD for OS X I'm pretty sure it will ask you if you want to install the OS 9 driver. If you want to run OS 9 this is required. I don't think that applies here, though. For a long time I would have problems while running under OS 9. I thought I was running OS 9.2.2 which Apple says is required to run under OS X. I was actually running OS 9.2.1. When I upgraded to OS 9.2.2 the problems went away. I don't think that is your problem either. Can you boot anything from the CD drive? I also have an OS 9.1 install disk and I never had a problem booting it either holding down the "C" key or selecting it under startup drive. It's possible, but unlikely that you could have a corrupted PRAM. You could try holding the command and P and R keys on boot up and let it klorg away three or four times and the let it boot up. But I doubt that that is the problem either. Mark Murphy -- 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
