Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote: > On Nov 10, 5:08 pm, Jim Scott <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 > > Jim, I have the CD of 9.0. Held down the C key and booted from the CD. > The install attempt failed. I got a message that said I could not > install 9 on the volume with 10.4 and to choose Options. The choice > there was a Clean install and I don't really know what that entails, > so I quit the installer. What did I miss doing? > > The iMac firmware is up to date.
That sounds like when you formatted the HD from the OS X installer CD/DVD you did not select the option to include the OS 9 driver. This means that the HD is not accessible from OS 9 nor can it boot it. The fix for this is to reformat the HD and include the option. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- 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
