On Nov 10, 2009, at 4:59 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> I have a Ruby Red iMac that i am setting up for a 6 year old. It is G3, > 400mhz. I installed a new hard drive and formatted it to 10.4, that's the OS > her school runs on their iMacs.) > > I have also installed several learning games that need Classic. However, > whenever I try to open one of these, I get a message that it cant find 9.2 > to run Classic. I thought i had installed it during the 10.4 installation. > Was there a separate option? How can i put in on the iMac now? > > Jane The 10.4 DVD contains support for Classic, but you will have to install 9.2.2 separately. Put in a 9.2.x disk while in Tiger, then select it as the startup disk in System Preferences and restart. Or restart and hold down the C key. Once booted to the OS 9 disk, install 9.2.x and then run Software Update until there's nothing left to update. You may find that the firmware needs to be updated; if so, consider yourself lucky that 10.4 ran OK. When you're happy with OS 9.2.2, select OS 10.4 as the startup disk in Control Panel, and restart in 10.4. Once there, go to System Preferences, select Classic and follow the prompts. One of the options is to always start up Classic when the iMac boots into 10.4. That lets you put Classic program icons on the desktop, and your little friend will be able to launch those apps without any problems. Of course, check them out first since "some" OS 9 apps don't run very well in Classic. If so, then you'll have lots of fun teaching a 6-year-old how to do the old dual-boot dance. Good luck! Jim Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
