Wrong. New machines do not ship with an OS 9 CD. OS 9 is installed as part of the 'additonal software' restore process. See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42929 for details. New machines either ship with OS X cds and a set of restore cds, or for even newer machines, an install / restore dvd, which has both the Jaguar installer and an app to restore the rest. -- Scott On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 07:06 AM, Gregoire Seither wrote: > le 13/02/2003 15:40, TheMacintoshLady écrivait : > >> There is no Boot CD for 9, the OS 9 is in .pkg format and it must be >> done >> with X on the drive.....so no, you can't. > > Ahem again... you should normally have received 4 CDs with your new > Mac > > - Mac OS X install > - Mac OS 9 install > - Apple Hardware Test > - Applications