[G4] OS install question

[John Baltutis]

On 11/3/08, Margaret Krakowiak <imago at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> I just bought a dual 1gig Quicksilver.
> It has a 160 gig hard drive, wiped clean, no OS.
> Seller said it was running OSX10.4.6 when tested.
>
> My question is what is the best way to get this machine
> up and running. I have a retail 10.4 disk that I bought
> when I was upgrading my DP450, which is currently
> upgraded to 10.4.6, with 9.2.2 also installed. (the 450
> came with 9.0.4, and I went through the upgrade "steps"
> to get to 9.2.2.) I also have 9.2.1 on a retail disk.
>
> I'd kind of like to keep a version of 9 on the Quicksilver,
> but I could let that go. If I do keep 9, should I use the
> 9.2.1 retail disk to install, then upgrade that to 9.2.2, and then
> use the 10.4 retail to install OSX, and upgrade that to 10.4.11?
> Or, should I hook the 2 computers together, and use CarbonCopy
> to just clone over what I have on the 450 (10.4.6 and 9.2.2)
> to the Quicksilver?
>
> I've never bought a machine without the OS installed, and I don't
> want to screw things up from the get go. I read that you shouldn't
> install an older system than what is on the computer. This one
> has none, but did have 10.4.6 at some point. Does that count?
> (I think the 2002 Quicksilvers originally came with 10.1.2 and
> 9.2.2 installed).

Boot the machine with the 9.2.1 retail disk, run Disk Setup, and partition the
HD into at least two parts-one for OS 9 and one for OS X. Install OS 9, update
it to 9.2.2. Then, install Tiger, run Software Update, and bring it up to
10.4.11.