Classic installation/OS 9 question

Anand Keathley eekley at efn.org
Sun Apr 4 20:25:24 PDT 2004


Linda said:
On Sunday, April 4, 2004, at 07:29 PM, Power Macintosh G4 List wrote:

> I just received a ibook G3 933 - has panther installed.   But no 
> classic/0S 9
> which I need for some application programs.   I have updated other G3 
> towers
> to panther - and that was easy since 9.2.2 was on them and panther just
> installed and kept OS 9.2.2.   Is there any concerns I should have 
> when installing
> 9.2.2 now that panther is already on?   The system disk I have is OS 9 
> only.
> And the error message says to install a minimum of 9.1.   So will I 
> run into a
> problem using the OS9 disk and then running the 9.1 and 9.2.2 updaters?
> Thanks in advance for any advice,
> Linda

I have a similar question with a couple of extras.  I've put 10.2.8 and 
9.2.2 on a Beige and a B&W with no problems having installed 10.2 
first, combo updating to 10.2.8 then using an OS 9 disk and updating to 
9.2.2.  However I'm trying to do the same with an AGP G4 and am having 
trouble.  I've installed 10.2.8 then start up with an OS 9 disk but 
unlike the other Macs I've done this with, in the AGP OS 9 does not 
recognize the hard disk and wants to reinitialize.  I was thinking that 
I might try a 9.2 disk and maybe that will work but an AGP is supposed 
to work with 8.6.  Still, maybe it is because of the previously 
installed 10.2.8?  But it was installed on the Beige and B&W too.  I 
could use some advice.

TIA,
        Anand



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