[G4] Wanted - MDD FW 400 system install disks

[Ronald Steinke]

On Mar 3, 2008, at 4:18 PM, Paul wrote:

> I also have a retail version of OS 9.2.1 - I have tried this, but  
> whilst the computer allows me to boot off this CD, once booted it  
> does not see the drive or any of the volumes. This isn’t the case  
> with (for example) the original CD for the PowerBook G4 800 Mhz (Mac  
> OS 9.2.2), which allows me to boot and it sees all 4 volumes, but  
> won’t allow me to install.

  From my personal experience, the situation you describe is what  
happened when I DID NOT check the box to install OS-9 drivers on a  
hard drive and then installed OS-X.x first. When I attempted to do a  
"Clean Install" of OS-9 from a factory install CD v 9.2.1, the machine  
would not recognize the drive at all. The machine would boot to the  
OS-9.2.1 CD, but not allow any installation.

IMHO, this appears to me to duplicate your main problem.

My ultimate solution was to reformat the drive completely and verify  
that the box was definitely checked to install the OS-9 drivers. Then,  
I installed the OS-X.x and was able to do a "Clean Install" of  
OS-9.2.1 without any further problem.

Hope this helps.