[G4] OS 9.x boot question

Wayne Clodfelter wayne at troutnc.com
Sat Nov 12 13:28:48 PST 2005


Were the OS X volumes erased/partitioned with the Install OS 9  
drivers checkbox CHECKED?
Sounds like they were not, in which case, the OS 9 volumes are not  
seen by the OS X system.

On Nov 12, 2005, at 4:08 PM, Aaron wrote:

> I've got a few volumes on my disks with OS 9.1 or 9.2.2 System  
> Folders that were bootable on my old PTP (Sonnet or MaxPowr card)  
> G3. Now, they either don't show up in OS 10.3.9's Startup Disk (on  
> my dual G4 MDD) or they fail to boot and the computer switches back  
> to X.
>
> The OS 9.2.2 systems were made with OS 9 Helper. Is that the problem?
>
> Is OS 9.1 not runnable on these machines?
>
>  - Aaron
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Regards,

Wayne Clodfelter
wayne at troutnc.com




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