On Sep 10, 2009, at 9:14 PM, Richard Gerome wrote: > I have been trying to install OS 9.2.2 in my G4 Titanium Powerbook > running Tiger 10.4.11 for almost a yr and I'm not having any luck > either... The 9.2.2 disc I have came with my OS 10.1 I used in my > Clamshell 366, it wont even take the disc???
There are no 9.2.2 discs, with the exception of a few special model specific discs that won't work. A retail OS 9.1 disc came with OS 10.2 Jaguar. OS 10.1 Puma didn't have a bundled MacOS disc. > So I downloaded that OS 9.2.2 thing from the Apple website and that > won't take either??? "Won't take"? What's that mean? It's an OS X installer package, you double-click, it installs. What's the problem? This should work, as long as you remove the two netboot extensions from the System folder>Extensions folder after the installation. > The only reason I'm even trying to do this is for my scanner and > Photoshop 6.0 it needs to run on OS 9, either booted from the > Startup disk or running under classic mode nothing is working and I > am lost??? Normally scanners won't work under "Classic" emulation, you'd need to be booted directly in OS 9. Perhaps if you mentioned the model of scanner, there is an OS X native way to scan? Photoshop should run in "Classic", but you won't be able to scan, you'd need to be natively booted in OS 9. If you failed to install OS 9 drivers on the HD, you can't boot OS 9, it's "Classic" only. You can reformat the HD, install OS 9 first, then reinstall OS X, and you're golden. You can also boot OS 9 from an external FW HD if you need to. It may be possible to boot OS 9 from a USB flash drive, although I'm not certain about this on the Titanium, you'd need to try. It can be done on the clamshell for certain, I've done it. You'd need to reformat the flash drive to HFS+ before installing OS 9, then use the Option key boot. As I said, works on the clamshell, maybe not on the Titanium? > I'm just going to do this on my clamshell when ever I need to scan > something and then I could down load it to my iPod and transfer it > to my G4 Powerbook instead... I've been following this thread and > having no luck with it at all... I really do not think it can be > done unless I can get the orginal 9.2.2 disc that was made for this > computer if there ever was one??? It shipped with an OS 9.1 disc. You upgrade to 9.2.2 using the downloads from here: <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1387> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
