>> Somebody will have to figure out a way to hack, shoehorn or otherwise >> "trick" install OS9.2.1 onto the 2400 too. I don't know if Wannabe or Wish I >> Were (gestalt imitators) will work. Anyone succeeded in a full OS 9.2.1 >> install on a 2400 yet? > > Modifying the mach gestalt will work to fool the installer, but > that's only half the job. You also need to patch the list of > acceptable IDs in the System file. With that accomplished it will > boot, but I haven't had time to actually test it at length yet. > > But I thought you loathed the very thought of OS 9 on the 2400? ;) > Yeah, I, Chuck, a few others... But with huge HDs, I don't mind running an OS9.x partition. In fact I do that now because certain stuff only runs on 9 or higher. Please let us know how it runs (a reasonably full version), when you get around to it.
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