[G4] Booting MDD G4 to OS 9.2.2 from OSX 3.9

[Eric Wood]

I for one never like to waste disk space. I recommend you have OS X make
two or more partitions on that drive and of course, make sure it's
checked to "Install Mac OS 9 Drivers."

Then see if OS 9 will install onto one of those partitions. Not sure
what you mean by optimum size - it takes a little over 300 megabytes to
install a full system, far as I recall. Beyond that, use however much
space you think you'll need.

Eric

On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 14:06 -0700, jonny wrote:
> >Jonny, is the 2nd hard drive over 128gb?  OS 9 can't boot a hdd over 
> >128gb - I learned this the hard way.
> 
> Yes!  300 GB.
> 
> Will partitioning the "B" HD solve the problem?
> 
> What is the optimum partition size for OS 9.2.2 to reside?
> 
> How to best reinstall?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Jonny
> 
> >
> >On Oct 2, 2007, at 2:25 PM, jonny wrote:
> >
> >>Hello List.
> >>I have a 1.25 GHz dual MDD (FW 400) with original install disks.
> >>After numerous attempts, I am unable to boot directly to OS 9.2.2 
> >>on the "B" HD.
> >>What happens is I get the disk ? icon, and get trapped, unable to 
> >>boot -or- reselect the startup disk to get back to "A" HD with OSX 
> >>3.9.  I found a workaround to get back to "A" HD with 3.9, but it's 
> >>a very messy process.
> >>My original disks are:
> >>Power Mac G4
> >>Mac OS X - Install Discs 1 & 2
> >>Mac OS version 10.2.1
> >>Power Mac G4
> >>Software Restore - Discs 1-4
> >>Mac OS Version 9.2.2
> >>I have 2 Hard Drives.
> >>HD "A":  Boots OSX 3.9 and 9.2 for Classic.  My primary work drive.
> >>HD "B": Boots OSX 2.1 (just reinstalled as part of the workaround).
> >>My goal is to boot to OS 9.2.2 on HD "B" so I can run some legacy 
> >>software without using OSX 3.9 Classic mode.
> >>I am able to reformat and begin anew on HD "B", whatever is necessary.
> >>Can anyone with an MDD machine booting to OS 9 offer assistance please?
> >>I'm stuck.  Thanks.
> >>Jonny
> >
> >J. R. Rosen
> >Armadillo Press-Printing & Graphics
> >305 Wells Fargo Dr., Suite 4
> >Houston, TX 77090
> >281-586-9383 (phone)
> >281-586-9876 (fax)
> >281-467-5366 (cell)
> >jrosen82 at sbcglobal.net
> >dilloman at armadillo-press.com
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> >
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