I am puzzled. I do not have the Macs mentioned in this discussion, but this kind of question keeps coming up in these lists. And I'm wondering what position I'll be in when I buy a new Mac some lucky day.
The flat panel iMac came with Classic installed by virtue of an OS 9 System Folder, right or wrong? The same is true of any new Macintosh today. So doesn't Apple provide a "Restore" set of media, CD or DVD, which will put Classic back on the new machines? -- Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. Charles Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> From: Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> I erased my disk and reinstalled 10.3 on my flat panel 17" iMac. Now I >> have no classic. I don't have a OS 9 disk from this computer, but I do >> have older disks from my iMac SE DV 12 gb. Can I install OS 9 from >> there > > Nope. > > The iMac discs are machine-specific and won't work on your new iMac, > sorry. > > More bad news: if you didn't install the OS 9 *drivers* back when you > reinstalled OS X (I don't know if they are installed by default, I > believe they are not), then you'll have to install those first. > Hopefully all that's involved is just loading the OS X CDs, skipping to > the "custom install part" and installing JUST the OS 9 drivers (be > careful that that's ALL you install), then installing the OS 9 you get > from buying a retail copy of OS 9 for cheap from someone like [list > sponsor] Smalldog.com or megamacs.com. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
