On Jan 1, 2013, at 5:46 PM, Murray wrote: > Thanks for the reply. > > I just want to install OS 9 and run it from the machine. My main interest is > to be able to access my old Address Book program from many years ago, I shall > have to pull it off my old 9600/300 Power PC, which is gathering dust behind > a sofa in my room. > On Jan 1, 2013, at 8:04 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
Classic should work fine for that purpose. You don't need the OS 9 drivers installed, that is only for booting into OS 9 which the Mini can't do anyway. Just go ahead and run the OS 9 installer and you should be good. > >>> I have an older PPC MacMini 7400 running OS X 4.11 which i purchased >>> overseas a while back. When I reformatted the drive, using the >>> original disks, I didn't bother installing the system 9.1 option. Now >>> I would like to do so. >>> >>> If I run the installer for OS 9.1.(I think it's on disk #2) will it >>> load without having to reformat the entire drive again for OS X 4.11, >>> or should I save all my files, onto a largish external USB drive >>> which I have, do it all over again, or perhaps, just forget the whole >>> thing. >> >> If you're talking about installing Classic, the Classic installer will >> just install Classic and 9.2.2, and will not reformat your disk or touch >> 10.4 otherwise. >> >> If you're talking about installing OS 9, no Mac mini can boot Mac OS 9; >> they can only run Classic. > -- 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
