Hi folks,
Thanks for all th replies, information, and help. I'm just finding my
way on this, and you have been a great help.
On 06/01/12 22:22, John Carmonne wrote:
You only need the OS ROM to make OS9.2.2 boot on your PM G4 MDD. If you
have a working OS9.2.2 on any other machine just drag the system and
application folder to the drive via TDM or other method and the drop in
the ROM and you're good to go. No installation is nessesary. I can help
you off list if you want.
John Carmonne
Thanks, that makes sense, and fits what I've read online. From the link
posted in another reply, I think I should be fine to get things going
now, without having to contact you off list. Thanks so much for the
offer though.
On 07/01/12 09:38, [email protected] wrote:
> Here's a link worth looking at for MDD 9.2.2
>
<http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macintosh-system-922-1021-power-macintosh-g4-mirro>
>>red-drive-doors-mdd>
>
> HTH,
> BobT
Cheers, very handy that. I hadn't managed to find that on my own.
On 07/01/12 10:44, John Carmonne wrote:
> The MDD FW400 model uses a different Mac OS ROM for 9.2.2 that's why the
> install disks don't boot. So if you can get that ROM and put it in the
> system folder it will boot. TDM means Target Disk Mode. Using a Fire
> Wire cable hooked between two Macs you can mount the hard drive in your
> MDD to another already booted machine by holding down the "t" key while
> booting the MDD.
> Now you can drag the system and application folders to the MDD drive The
> Mac OS ROM you need is "10.2.1, Mac OS CPU Software 5.9" This only boots
> MDD FW 400's not FW800's it also will boot all Macs with OS9.2.2. It
> only came on the original install disks of the MDD machines hence the
> lack on retail installers.
>
> Sorry for the lack of info on the last post. :-)
>
>
>
> John Carmonne
Great info, thanks!
On 07/01/12 11:09, JoeTaxpayer wrote:
> I have a 1.25GHz MDD G4. It was the last OS9 - booting machine.
> I recall getting the 9.2.2 disc mailed to me as it came out after I
> bought my Mac.
> Why won't this disc work for you?
I'm just going by the other info I have read online, and it seems from
John's info that it is the ROM which is the issue here. I read that the
retail OS 9.2.2 disk didn't come with that ROM. Not sure what version
you were sent.
On 07/01/12 11:31, Robert Towsley wrote:
> I misread when he said "latest" & missed the "not fw800".
> My mistake. Thx for correcting it.
> BobT
It seems from Wikipedia and Apple support, that the last version of the
MDD was the 2003 model, which was a FW400 with a 167MHz bus, which can
boot into OS 9.2.2. This version appears to be a later model than the FW800.
Thanks again everyone.
Oli
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