Thank you for giving me an approach to getting 9.2.2 onto the second hard drive, Ben. I can do that. BTW, I'm running OSX 3.9 How do I "bless a system"? A new term to me. Thanks. Jonny >>Before I plunge into this, is anyone with MDD experience able to >>confim the procedure of getting OS 9.2.2 properly installed on that >>drive, and perhaps alert me to pitfalls that might be encountered? > >I have a MDD and have had similar problems with 9.2.2, As far as I >am aware the easiest way is to use the restore disks to install >9.2.2 on the boot drive (the one that already has X on it) and then >copy it over to your second drive (as the disks are expecting you to >be installing it as "Classic Support"), however if you are running >10.4 then you will need the updated restore utility from Apple, see: >http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301468 >for the updated utility. >don't bother trying to use retail 9.2.2 disks as they don't work >with the MDD (there are several files that the MDD requires that >post-date the release of 9.2.2 and are only included on the cd's >supplied with the machine). >The only pitfall I can see is that you may need to re bless the >system folder after copying it over, however I found it worked OK on >mine and I can boot either 10.4.10 / 10.5(Beta) / 9.2.2. >Ben. >_______________________________________________ >G4 mailing list >G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4