>> Pressing "C" on the keyboard does nothing.
IF you are using a KVM switch, DON'T.
Certain basic operations, such as Open Firmware, expect a real keyboard to
be attached to the USB port (the monitor, however, need not be connected
directly).
So ...
IF using a KVM switch, select the Mac to the
On Mar 9, 2011, at 12:18 AM, jsmanson wrote:
I CANNOT get this machine to boot from a CD drive, with the retail CD
of 9.1 (Not copied, it has the apple logo on it), and I can't get it
to go with ISO files of 9.1, 9.22, and 9.21, they all do the same
thing - a quick read from the CD, and the sys
As an update. This installation of 9.2 didn't in fact work - it
didn't activate the PCI bus for some reason, and resulted in a system
error if I put any PCI driver in the extension list. I think the 9.2
OS 'image' file was NFG.
So I started all over again, I erased the spare drive, labeled it
OS
Thank you gang for all of the suggestions.
I'll give you some more details on my needs.
I am running a custom scannning program, called Optronics - Coloright
Ver 5.2, which was written for the PowerPC. It will NOT run under
OSX, any version. It uses two interfaces: A Sentinel Eve3 ADB
dongle,
OK gang, I got OS 9.2 running on it's own drive now, will boot in
classic mode from 10.4, or on it's own. The system does give me a
heap error: "Not enough memory to install heap for the USB bus", but
it seems to be a non-fatal error as the system does complete it's
booting. Setting extensions t
On Mar 2, 1:53 am, jsmanson wrote:
> I have the above machine with no disks, running 10.4 Panther, with no
> classic installed. I have been trying to install classic, and I need
> OS9.1 (no later) for compatibility with some older hardware. So I
> bought the 9.1 retail install CD, and I have b
On Mar 2, 2011, at 9:09 PM, jsmanson wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_9
give a look at the table at the bottom under the PowerPC Digital Audio
G4, and it tells you that:
OS 9.0 is NFG;
9.1 is OK, but it needs a 'custom' version of the 9.1 install disk;
9.2 is also OK (But I can't us
On Mar 3, 2011, at 12:30 AM, Sean Carroll wrote:
Can you not, from within Tiger, insert the OS 9.1 install CD and
install OS 9.1 on your "empty" HD (or a partition there)?
I think you're correct here, I don't think you need to be booted in OS
9 to install OS 9, you should be able to do it f
Can you not, from within Tiger, insert the OS 9.1 install CD and
install OS 9.1 on your "empty" HD (or a partition there)? I may be
misunderstanding the importance to you of running OS 9.1 within the
Mac OS X Classic Environment, but if I'm not mistaken, I think
Classic calls for OS 9.2.2 a
Thanks Jonas - sorry it is Tiger, not a Mac guy so I'm confusing my
carnivoires
Yes, the 10.4 OS sees the Mac 9.1 disk very nicely, and I tried (out
of desporation) physically copying all of the CD folders over to an
empty hard drive, upon which the Classic OS window also found, and
labeled it
You should be able to install via a universal non-machine specific
installer. Here are a couple things to check:
Just for clarification, you said you have 10.4 Panther? Those are two
different operating systems. Are you running 10.3 Panther, or 10.4 Tiger?
When you are booted into OSX, will the o
I have the above machine with no disks, running 10.4 Panther, with no
classic installed. I have been trying to install classic, and I need
OS9.1 (no later) for compatibility with some older hardware. So I
bought the 9.1 retail install CD, and I have been trying to get this
beast to boot off the C
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