Just looked at my G5 system disks, there are 2, both are gray. The 2nd disk is marked "Includes Mac OS 9.2". Hope that helps.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Countryman" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2012 11:31:20 AM Subject: Re: OS9 If you got it with the OSX package, you got a separate 9.1 or 9.2.1 (which you get depends on which version of OSX...earlier ones had 9.1, 10.2 or 10.3 through 10.4 or so had 9.2.1). The 9 disk was usually white with a large numeral 9 on its face. JohnV January 8, 2012 2:28 PM On Jan 8, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Jack Countryman wrote: Gotcha. That's what I found... UPDAES, but not the base system. I'll look at the OSX installs and see if 9 is in there. Jack Countryman January 8, 2012 2:18 PM OS 9.1, or 9.2.1 would have come as a separate cd in the set of disks you got with the machine. It has to be installed separately from the OSX stuff...for best results, I's suggest installing the OS 9 stuff first...then OSX if you want it. As far as I know, other versions of the OS are still controlled by Apple, even if they no longer sell them. 9.2.1 cds used to be relatively easy to find and cheap as they came with early versions of OSX, but folks often did not install or use them, and so sold them off. 6.03, 6.05, 6.08, 7.5.3 are all posted for free download on the 'older software' page of Apple's server. Updates for more recent systems are there, to 9.1 , but you need the base system to update...to get 9.1 to work, you need to start with 9.0 or 9.0 4 installed and then use the downloaded 9.1 updater there. There were non-Apple sources selling 9.1 disks for a while. I checked the one I have bookmarked...the webpage still comes up...who knows if they still sell the disks. They want $159.95 for a 9.1 cd. -- 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 -- 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 -- 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
