Re: Can't boot OS 9 from within OS 10.4.?

2008-10-21 Thread lrbarrios
On Oct 20, 6:06 pm, Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not much point to it, a MacBook can neither boot into OS 9 nor run it under Classic. -- Clark Martin Oh. See, I've already learned something new today and it's not even noon-time. :) I'm sure this will sound like a stupid

Re: Can't boot OS 9 from within OS 10.4.?

2008-10-21 Thread misterbleepy
but why can't a MacBook use OS 9 (even in Classic)? Is it an Intel thing? yes, or rather, OS9 is not an Intel thing... -- bleep - bleep - bleep --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for

Re: Can't boot OS 9 from within OS 10.4.?

2008-10-21 Thread Clark Martin
lrbarrios wrote: On Oct 20, 6:06 pm, Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not much point to it, a MacBook can neither boot into OS 9 nor run it under Classic. -- Clark Martin Oh. See, I've already learned something new today and it's not even noon-time. :) I'm sure this will

Re: Can't boot OS 9 from within OS 10.4.?

2008-10-20 Thread lrbarrios
On Oct 17, 8:16 pm, Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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...

Re: Can't boot OS 9 from within OS 10.4.?

2008-10-20 Thread Clark Martin
lrbarrios wrote: Thanks. I just checked the MacBook that I have sitting here and found what you were talking about. BTW, this MacBook does not have the OS 9 drivers or even OS 9 installed alongside the X.4.11. Not much point to it, a MacBook can neither boot into OS 9 nor run it under

Re: Can't boot OS 9 from within OS 10.4.?

2008-10-17 Thread Dan
At 10:38 PM -0700 10/16/2008, lrbarrios wrote: Graphite iMac G3 running OS 10.4. Whenever I go to Startup Disk and choose the OS 9.2.2 to boot from, it doesn't work. At reboot I just get the ? folder. Sounds like that hard drive was initialized *without* the OS 9 drivers. It's a checkbox