Then I remembered reading
somewhere that this machine came with 9.1. Tried My Techtools disk
that had
9.1 on it and I was able to boot off the CD. BUT...there are no disk
formatting utilities on the Techtools disk.
So it would boot from this CD, but not the install CD? Never heard of
that!
Not so strange. It needed something newer than her 9.0 disk, so 9.1
worked
Tried burning a new CD of
Techtools along with the apple utilities from the OS9 disk, but for
some
reason the G4 would not recognize it like it did the original disk.
I don't know how you copied the TechTools disk, but there is how to
make a bootable copy and add extra stuff (such as disk formatting
utilities):
- Use Disk Copy to save a full CD-size disk image of the TechTools
disk. Make sure you make it read/Write. Mount it on the desktop
- Add whatever files or installations you need to the mounted disk image
- Open Toast, and select Mac Volume as the burn type
- DON'T just drag your mounted volume to the Toast window, but use the
Select button. This way you can specify that you want the disk bootable
- Burn
I have done this lots of times to create bootable emergency or install
disks for Macs. You can change the System on the mounted disk image any
way you want before burning. For example, the other day I needed to
boot and install an older iMac from CD. All I had was 9.0, but this Mac
needed at least 9.04 to boot. So I downloaded the 9.04 update from
Apple and ran it on the System folder in the disk image of the OS9.0
disk. Worked like a charm (though why I didn't go all the way to 9.1
eludes me now...)
I haven't found any way to do this from OSX. Toast for X doesn't seem
interested in noting OS9 bootable disks.
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