It's a long shot, but if you back up your HD files, than you could... A. try installing OS9 from the installation disk from OSX. B. Reformat the HD using OS9 than install OSX. B should work but it is a long process.
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > lrbarrios wrote: >> >> On Oct 17, 1:22 am, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Sounds like that hard drive was initialized *without* the OS 9 >>> drivers. It's a checkbox in Disk Utility... >> >> That's a very good point! Since I didn't initialize the drive or >> install OS 9 on this iMac, I don't know if the OS 9 drivers are on >> there or not. When I formatted the partitions on the USB drive that >> I'm using for a backup of all of my Macs, I made sure that I included >> the OS 9 drivers. I guess it's a good thing too, or else I might not >> have been able to boot that iMac again. Now for more questions... >> >> 1) How can I tell if the OS 9 drivers were installed when the drive >> was formatted? > > System Profiler will tell you. Select ATA and look under the harddrive. > There is an obvious entry for OS 9. > >> 2) The million dollar question... Is there a way to get them on the >> drive now so that I can boot to OS 9 or do I have to reformat? > > AFAIK you have to reformat it with the OS 9 bootable option checked. > > > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
