[G4] Installing os9

[Bob Schmidt]

Hi,

It will not boot from any os9 cd. I have several that I have tried and it
will not boot from them. I am running 10.4.6, it is an AGP G4, 640mb of ram
with two hard drives one 20gb scsi and one 80gb ide. It will boot from the
os x install disc.

Bob


On 5/18/06 7:04 PM, "B G" <briang113 at pacbell.net> wrote:

> What exactly is the problem?
> 
> Do you have only one hard drive?
> 
> Are you running OSX?
> 
> Does the machine boot from a OS disc?
> 
> The machine should take an OS 9 install and boot from it, which G4 is
> it? Is it actually the Power Macintosh G4 (AGP Graphics)
> 
> 
> 
> Brian
> 
> G4 gigE 1.0 GHz Powerlogix, 1 GB RAM
> 
> On May 18, 2006, at 4:47 PM, Bob Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I know this is a question that has been discussed before, but I am
>> desperate. How can I install os9 on my AGP G4? I have researched
>> the web,
>> and tried "blessing" the system folder, etc. Several years ago
>> someone on
>> this list told me how to do it. But I had a hard drive crash and
>> can not get
>> it installed again. Any help would be most appreciated.
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
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