At 1:13 PM -0700 12/20/2005, Tom Baker wrote:
Thanks Dan, and others who replied. Yes, I checked the box to put the OS-9 driver on the drive when I cloned the contents of the original one over to it. I suspect the problem of the clone not booting into 9 is related to the fact that the drive I cloned from was originally running in a G4-733 when OS-9.2.2 was installed on it. Still, that drive boots perfectly into 9 when I put it back in the Quicksilver.
It's possible that there are some machine specific pieces of the OS missing, I guess. Haven't seen that in a long time tho.
I can't directly install OS-9 on this Quicksilver right now, because my 733's OS-9 installer disks are for 9.1, and the QS won't accept anything less than 9.2. So, I'll have to get some 9.2 installer discs, but until I do, I'm just trying to get this clone to boot into 9 because I have hardware and apps that require it.
Ok. Um... Do a fresh install of 9.1 on the 733. Use the custom installation options to make sure you're doing an all-Mac installation. Then update it to 9.2.2. That will eliminate the above "missing piece" scenario. I don't recall the specifics in the installer settings, but they should be obvious. Just turn things on... :) Worth a try, I guess.
Um... Where are you loc'd? You have a high speed 'net connection?
In the Startup Disk pane of OS-X System Prefs, this cloned drive shows up as having a bootable 9.2.2 on it
Then it is blessed.
if I choose it and restart, I only get a glimpse of the OS-9 smiley face before the screen goes black, a question mark appears, and then the Mac restarts into OS-X again.
Brings me back to thinking it's missing some machine-specific piece.
Dan, I looked at that page about blessing a system folder in Open Firmware, but that kind of stuff is way over my head. I wouldn't dare try it for fear of screwing up something big-time. Only simple stuff for me.
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