[Cube] OS 9 installer can't see Cube disk (formatted for Panther)

David Workman vze2spx3 at verizon.net
Wed Mar 15 21:02:16 PST 2006


On Mar 15, 2006, at 7:53 PM, Andrew wrote:

> I wanted to install Classic on my Cube running Panther (10.3.9) but  
> the OS 9.2.1  system disk that works with my Pismo (running Tiger  
> 10.4.5) can't see the Cube hard drive.
>
> The cube will boot to the CD and the installer runs fine but when  
> you get to the point where you select the hard drive to install to  
> there are no drives to select.
>
> I'm guessing that since I formatted the drive when I installed  
> Panther it's a format that OS 9  can't read.
>
> "Get Info" reports that it's "Mac OS Extended (journaled) which is  
> the same as the Pismo.
> System Profiler shows both Cube and Pismo as "File System:  
> Journaled HFS+"
>
> What am I missing?
> Is it too late to install Classic?
>
>
> Andrew in Ann Arbor
> technology is the answer, what was the question?


I don't think you need to start from OS 9.
	DDW


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