[G4] OS 9.x boot question

[John Baltutis]

On 11/12/05, Aaron <aarons510 at infinex.com> wrote:
>
> I should have been clearer in my original post ...
>
> The computer will boot into OS 9.2.2, but only using the OS 9.2.2 folder
>on the drive that came with the computer. (One reason I chose this
>computer was that it would boot into OS 9.)

Answers that question.

> Also, all volumes show up on the Desktop and are accessible, whether I
>boot into OS X or OS 9. So there's no driver problem. The question is
>about booting into 9.2.2 using one of those volumes. Do I have to
>reinstall 9.1 and the 9.2.2 updates on one of those volumes (WITHOUT OS 9
>helper, of course!) in order for it to boot on this machine?

I'm not familiar with OS 9 helper. However, since you can't boot into to
those other volumes, but can boot into OS 9 from some volume, then boot
into it and drag & drop the System Folder from the bootable OS 9 volume
onto those other ones that don't boot now, open Startup Disk, select one of
them, and restart. That should fix your problem.

>>From: Wayne Clodfelter <wayne at troutnc.com>
>>Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:28:48 -0500
>>
>>Were the OS X volumes erased/partitioned with the Install OS 9  drivers
>>checkbox CHECKED?
>>Sounds like they were not, in which case, the OS 9 volumes are not  seen
>>by the OS X system.
>
>>Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 13:42:44 -0800
>>From: John Baltutis <baltwo at san.rr.com>
>>
>>On 11/12/05, Aaron <aarons510 at infinex.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've got a few volumes on my disks with OS 9.1 or 9.2.2 System Folders
>>>that were bootable on my old PTP (Sonnet or MaxPowr card) G3. Now, they
>>>either don't show up in OS 10.3.9's Startup Disk (on my dual G4 MDD) or
>>>they fail to boot and the computer switches back to X.
>>>
>>> The OS 9.2.2 systems were made with OS 9 Helper. Is that the problem?
>>>
>>> Is OS 9.1 not runnable on these machines?
>>
>>If it's a Power Mac G4 (FW 800), then no. See
>><http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86209> for details on those
>>machines that can only boot into OS X.