[G4] Booting MDD G4 to OS 9.2- SUCCESS!

[jonny]

THANK YOU to J. R. & Eric for pointing the way!

FYI, the Process:

I reformatted & partitioned Drive "B".  One partition for OS 9 set @ 
100 GB.  (Thanks for the crucial bit of information that it should 
not exceed 128 GB, J.R.).  I installed Panther on it, then booted to 
it.  Then I used the original "Restore" discs that came with the 
machine (Thanks, Eric) to put OS 9.2 in place (must be booted to the 
destination drive to install).

Restarted to my primary HD "A".  System Preferences, Startup 
Disk...AND, there it was: OS 9 on the "B" HD partition.  I selected 
it, restarted, and it worked like a charm.  Rebooted to the correct 
drive in OS 9.2.

I've got preferences, control panels, extensions, applications to 
configure...but as far as I'm concerned, I'm out of the woods!  The 
rest is just a nice long hike.  :-)

Thank you gentlemen.  And thank you to the LIST for providing the forum.

Jonny

///

>I for one never like to waste disk space. I recommend you have OS X make
>two or more partitions on that drive and of course, make sure it's
>checked to "Install Mac OS 9 Drivers."
>
>Then see if OS 9 will install onto one of those partitions. Not sure
>what you mean by optimum size - it takes a little over 300 megabytes to
>install a full system, far as I recall. Beyond that, use however much
>space you think you'll need.
>
>Eric
>
>On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 14:06 -0700, jonny wrote:
>>  >Jonny, is the 2nd hard drive over 128gb?  OS 9 can't boot a hdd over
>>  >128gb - I learned this the hard way.
>>
>>  Yes!  300 GB.
>>
>>  Will partitioning the "B" HD solve the problem?
>>
>>  What is the optimum partition size for OS 9.2.2 to reside?
>>
>>  How to best reinstall?
>>
>>  Thank you!
>>
>>  Jonny
>>
>>  >
>>  >On Oct 2, 2007, at 2:25 PM, jonny wrote:
>>  >
>>  >>Hello List.
>>  >>I have a 1.25 GHz dual MDD (FW 400) with original install disks.
>>  >>After numerous attempts, I am unable to boot directly to OS 9.2.2
>>  >>on the "B" HD.
>>  >>What happens is I get the disk ? icon, and get trapped, unable to
>>  >>boot -or- reselect the startup disk to get back to "A" HD with OSX
>>  >>3.9.  I found a workaround to get back to "A" HD with 3.9, but it's
>>  >>a very messy process.
>>  >>My original disks are:
>>  >>Power Mac G4
>>  >>Mac OS X - Install Discs 1 & 2
>>  >>Mac OS version 10.2.1
>>  >>Power Mac G4
>>  >>Software Restore - Discs 1-4
>>  >>Mac OS Version 9.2.2
>>  >>I have 2 Hard Drives.
>>  >>HD "A":  Boots OSX 3.9 and 9.2 for Classic.  My primary work drive.
>>  >>HD "B": Boots OSX 2.1 (just reinstalled as part of the workaround).
>>  >>My goal is to boot to OS 9.2.2 on HD "B" so I can run some legacy
>>  >>software without using OSX 3.9 Classic mode.
>>  >>I am able to reformat and begin anew on HD "B", whatever is necessary.
>>  >>Can anyone with an MDD machine booting to OS 9 offer assistance please?
>>  >>I'm stuck.  Thanks.
>>  >>Jonny
>>  >
>>  >J. R. Rosen
>>  >Armadillo Press-Printing & Graphics
>>  >305 Wells Fargo Dr., Suite 4
>>  >Houston, TX 77090
>>  >281-586-9383 (phone)
>>  >281-586-9876 (fax)
>>  >281-467-5366 (cell)
>>  >jrosen82 at sbcglobal.net
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>>  >
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