[Cube] Creating OS 9 partition and updating firmware to 4.1.9

[Donald Schwab]

I've a similar problem.  I've had a Gigadesign 1.2 gHz upgrade sitting 
around for a couple of months because it needs the firmware 4.19 
upgrade.

My cube is running OS X 10.3.7, an a 7200 rpm Western Digital 60 GB 
hard drive.

Perhaps because I am a relatively new OS X user (bought the Cube in 
April 2004 and moved my email activity there to avoid Microsoft's 
weaknesses and flaws), I at one stage before upsizing my hard drive got 
rid of OS 9.22.  Boy, what a mistake, but I thought I would never need 
that legacy stuff and deleted unwanted OS 9 programs as well to 
increase availability in a 20 GB Maxtor then installed.

I've found creating a partition with a real OS 9 setup awkward, and 
hasn't allowed doing the firmware thing, so I've worked out my game 
plan (which time and travel has kept me from accomplishing, but which 
should happen soon).

My plan is simple:  Reinstall the 20 GB hard drive, format and install 
OS 9.1 (which I have on CD), do the firmware upgrade on that setup, 
than disassemble again the reinstal the 60 GB hard drive.

Probably put it back in the case and ensure it boots right, etc, and 
then load the Gigadesign software/upgrades.

Pull apart once more, and put the Gigadesign into operation.

So my recommendation for you is find or borrow an unused hard drive and 
find or borrow a OS 9.1 or other OS 9 OS CD set, and update the 
firmware with a separate setup, then revert to your usual 10.3.7.

Don

On Feb 8, 2005, at 1:00 AM, Matthew wrote:

> I need to upgrade my firmware to 4.1.9 (from 4.1.8) in order to use a 
> new CPU
> upgrade. Unfortunately, the update wants me to boot into OS 9, which 
> is proving
> a maddening problem.
>
> Normally, I use OS X 10.3.7. I have the original Cube CDs, but the 
> "Software
> install" CD won't boot on my system. I can choose it as the startup 
> disk from
> OS X, but get just a grey screen on boot. I have the OS 9.1 update 
> software
> (and 9.2, for that matter), but not the full OS, so I need that 9.0.4 
> version
> before I can update it to 9.1 and update the firmware. (For reference, 
> the
> original Hardware Test CD boots fine and reports no problems after the 
> test.)
>
> Have other people seen this problem? How can I get the OS 9 partition 
> I need
> for the update?
>
> Thanks, Spike
>
>
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