[G4] looking for OS 9.2.2 (late 2002)

[Ronnie Day]

Dave,

I'd look on <lowendmac.com> and/or <xlr8yourmac.com> for specific, but
I'm 99% sure Bruce is correct that if your G4 is a dual processor box
with FW800 (squarish FW connector) it won't boot into OS9 at all.
Interestingly, the last G4 Apple sold was a single 1.25 GHz box that
would boot into OS9. It was introduced about the same time as the
first G5s.

HTH,
Ron

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Bruce Ryan Nakamura <galilao at lava.net> wrote:
> Hello Dave,
>
> Is your MDD a Firewire 800 model? If so, you will not be able to boot up
> natively in OS 9.
>
> Only the Firewire 400 MDD's without Firewire 800 can boot natively in OS 9.
> If your MDD is a Firewire 400 only model, then you need to get the gray
> colored software install disks that were shipped with the Firewire 400
> MDD's. The retail edition of OS 9 will NOT  run on MDD's. I own 3 Firewire
> 400 dual boot MDD's and found out the hard way.
>
> You might be able to find the Firewire 400 MDD software install disks on
> Ebay.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> On Apr 8, 2010, at 5:19 AM, Dave Dent wrote:
>
>> Hi I'm new to Mac. I want to run a dedicated system just for Protools
>> 5.0.1.  I have a G4 MDD 1.25 DP running OS 10.5, I need to run OS 9.2.2. I
>> have a 4 disk recovery set (OS 9.2.2 & OS X) but that is not working, it
>> keeps telling me after the first disk "communication error, check helper
>> tool, application bundle"?  I would like to buy an original OS9 disk can you
>> lead me in any direction?  "