I originally posted this on Apple Discussions but thought I'd ask here
also. Please ignore #1 as I have determined that the updater is not needed.
My sister has asked me to wipe out everything on the hard drive and
reinstall Mac OS 9.2.2 plus Mac OS 10.4.11. Since it has been YEARS that
I've done any OS 9 installs I have a few questions.
1. Before I start wiping and installing, I want to see if iMac Firmware
Updater 4.1.9 needs to be installed. Is there an entry in Apple System
Profiler that indicates this?
2. I plan on erasing the hard drive and have it "zeroed". Since I know
it will boot up into FireWire Target Disk Mode, I was planning on
erasing the drive that way. Any problems doing it so?
3. Since I have a 9.2.2 install CD, I will boot from it to install Mac
OS 9.2.2. However, how should I go about installing Mac OS 10.4? Boot
from the DVD, or just do the install while the iMac is running on 9.2.2?
I've never installed both OS 9.x and OS 10.x from scratch before.
4. Since I don't have any way to connect this old iMac to the Internet,
is there any other way to run the Software Updaters for OS 9 & OS 10?
Perhaps by connecting it with an Ethernet cable to my PowerBook and
sharing it's Internet connection?
Any other advice would be welcome.
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Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney
"Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is
... oh, never mind."
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