[X Newbies] upgrading

John Lowther j.lo at earthlink.net
Tue Sep 16 12:45:25 PDT 2003


well i got hold of a couple of os 9 CDs

one of them is 9.1
when i tried to install from it, it told that it was already installed.
and that if i wanted to install 9.2 to slip the disk in etc..

so, i insert  the other CD (os 9.2.1) and double click the update OS i 
get the following message
"Classic startup found no system folder on the boot volume from which 
to start Classic. " then it tells me that i can open classic 
preferences and search for available folders, if i try that, i get 
three options all grayed over so that i cannot select any of them (they 
are G3, MS office X, and Mac OS 9.2.1. Update)....

just for kicks i tried to start Classic from the start button here.  
the icon appears ion the dock, the classic desktop window begins to 
start running the blue meter  begins moving to the right and nevver 
gets there, sometimes it gets close, but never actually opens, just at 
the crux it flashes a box which says "Kodac, color processor version" 
but this closes immediately and then the os9 icon disappears and i'm 
back where i started.

i wondered whether classic will not  start because (as i understood it) 
classic = os 9.2 not the 9.1 i have installed here.

the first step of florin's advice was to reinstall the OS X.  ... i am 
doing that now, although i don't suspect  that it will fix the classic 
problem.



On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 02:59  PM, J wrote:

> On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 02:39  PM, John Lowther wrote:
>
>> ok, the G3 story some more
>>
>> i took my set of 5 'software restore' disks and tried to get OS 9 
>> working on this G3 (OS X.2 is already running as I mentioned, but is 
>> hampered by being unable to start classic) -- after running thru a 
>> few passwords and such it tells me that the restore disk is 
>> "incompatible with this computer" ... i guess because the disks were 
>> for the iMac and i am trying to use it with the G3
>>
>> any suggestions?
>
> Whew, let me see......I believe Florin  and others others have made 
> suggestions on how to get this working but not sure if you tried them 
> and if they worked.
>
> I usually just PURCHASE a CD that is proper for the hardware I am 
> trying to get working. In the case of all G3's I re-do a nice White 
> and Orange universal install CD of 9.1 is what I use.
> However, if you insist on using X too, you can buy X on eBay for 
> cheaper than you can OS 9 alone. There are many packages of 10.2.4 
> plus 9.2.1 floating around that people got free and are selling for 
> $50.
>
> Splurge!  :-)
>
> As for the fact that some machines might need some helper app to get X 
> to run on them, you would be on your own with that. I only install X 
> on supported machines because usually the user is not happy with the 
> lack of speed that results. (I don't remember if you said yours was 
> unsupported or not..so if that doesn't apply, just ignore, don't jump 
> down my throat...I've read at least 1,000 message since your last 
> one....)
>
> YMMV of course, but I am just telling you what I do.
>
>
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