Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 26/09/03 21:20, Wiebe Wilbers at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 27/9/03 11:06 AM, "Krevnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> That won't work, although I won't stop you from trying... here is why: >> The OS9 copy you are getting from cloning the drive is the exact same >> copy you could insta

Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-26 Thread Krevnik
On Friday, September 26, 2003, at 07:16 PM, Hal wrote: On Friday, September 26, 2003, at 07:20 PM, Wiebe Wilbers wrote: I asked this earlier, but I'll ask again: Why do you want to boot into 9 in the first place? For me, on my iBook 500 OS 9 runs a bit snappier, but the difference in speed is fa

Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-26 Thread Hal
On Friday, September 26, 2003, at 07:20 PM, Wiebe Wilbers wrote: I asked this earlier, but I'll ask again: Why do you want to boot into 9 in the first place? For me, on my iBook 500 OS 9 runs a bit snappier, but the difference in speed is far outweighed by the difference in stability of the only

Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-26 Thread Wiebe Wilbers
On 27/9/03 11:06 AM, "Krevnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That won't work, although I won't stop you from trying... here is why: > The OS9 copy you are getting from cloning the drive is the exact same > copy you could install directly. The reason why these will NOT boot OS > 9 is two-fold

Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-26 Thread Krevnik
That won't work, although I won't stop you from trying... here is why: The OS9 copy you are getting from cloning the drive is the exact same copy you could install directly. The reason why these will NOT boot OS 9 is two-fold 1 - No proper support for the updated bus controllers and the lik

Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-26 Thread Hal
On Thursday, September 18, 2003, at 07:19 AM, Steve Fuller wrote: How about get the drivers off the 12" powerbook drive, remove drive. Use another machine to format and install OS9 on a new drive, install the drivers you took off the 12" powerbook and install the drive back into the new 12" power

Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-18 Thread Steve Fuller
How about get the drivers off the 12" powerbook drive, remove drive. Use another machine to format and install OS9 on a new drive, install the drivers you took off the 12" powerbook and install the drive back into the new 12" powerbook. I bet it works! It won't. The drivers you just attempted to

Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-18 Thread ifab
How about get the drivers off the 12" powerbook drive, remove drive. Use another machine to format and install OS9 on a new drive, install the drivers you took off the 12" powerbook and install the drive back into the new 12" powerbook. I bet it works! Warmly, Ilene Fabisch, Brockton, MA "Each

Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Eugene Lee
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 10:57:32PM -0400, Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote: : : Has anyone tried to take a blank hard drive, put it in an OS9-supported : Mac, install OS9 for any Macintosh, and then move the drive across? I wonder if the current version of Mac OS 9 even has the driver support for all

Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Steve Kidd
Lewin A.R.W. Edwards writes, quoting others: >>> : I've heard rumors that there is a work-around to get OS9 to boot on a : >>> 12" Powerbook G4. Anyone have the details on the workaround/hack? >> >> If said rumored work-around actually worked, it would become front- page >> > Has anyone tried to

Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Wiebe Wilbers
> Has anyone tried to take a blank hard drive, put it in an OS9-supported > Mac, install OS9 for any Macintosh, and then move the drive across? > > -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (http://www.zws.com/) > Learn how to develop high-end embedded systems on a tight budget! > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/

Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
> : I've heard rumors that there is a work-around to get OS9 to boot on a > : 12" Powerbook G4. Anyone have the details on the workaround/hack? > > If said rumored work-around actually worked, it would become front- page Has anyone tried to take a blank hard drive, put it in an OS9-supported M

Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
> : I've heard rumors that there is a work-around to get OS9 to boot on a > : 12" Powerbook G4. Anyone have the details on the workaround/hack? > > If said rumored work-around actually worked, it would become front- page Has anyone tried to take a blank hard drive, put it in an OS9-supported M

Re: OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Eugene Lee
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 04:33:58PM -0600, Hal wrote: : : I've heard rumors that there is a work-around to get OS9 to boot on a : 12" Powerbook G4. Anyone have the details on the workaround/hack? If said rumored work-around actually worked, it would become front-page news on almost every Mac news

OS9 on a 12" G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Hal
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