At 9:18 -0500 10/15/02, Jeremy Derr wrote:
>
>Yes, OS 9 will install on a 5400; but the OS 9 CD that comes with an
>iMac is not really an OS 9 installer ---- it ONLY INCLUDES the system
>components required to run on an iMac.
>
>Mac OS 9 requires a file called the Mac OS ROM file. The Mac OS ROM
>file needed to run an iMac is very different from the ROM File needed
>to run on a 5400. The iMac Software Install CD only contains the Mac OS
>ROM file for the iMac.

Ok, I was reading your use of "Installer" as a general term as 
opposed to "iMac Installer"

Sincerely,
Dennis

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