[G4] looking for OS 9.2.2 (late 2002)

[Dave Dent]

Thanks... yes mine is a FW 400 model so I need to find a FW 400 gray disk,
that came with the machine...

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Ronnie Day <ronnie.day at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dave,
>
> I'd look on <lowendmac.com> and/or <xlr8yourmac.com> for specific, but
> I'm 99% sure Bruce is correct that if your G4 is a dual processor box
> with FW800 (squarish FW connector) it won't boot into OS9 at all.
> Interestingly, the last G4 Apple sold was a single 1.25 GHz box that
> would boot into OS9. It was introduced about the same time as the
> first G5s.
>
> HTH,
> Ron
>
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Bruce Ryan Nakamura <galilao at lava.net>
> wrote:
> > Hello Dave,
> >
> > Is your MDD a Firewire 800 model? If so, you will not be able to boot up
> > natively in OS 9.
> >
> > Only the Firewire 400 MDD's without Firewire 800 can boot natively in OS
> 9.
> > If your MDD is a Firewire 400 only model, then you need to get the gray
> > colored software install disks that were shipped with the Firewire 400
> > MDD's. The retail edition of OS 9 will NOT  run on MDD's. I own 3
> Firewire
> > 400 dual boot MDD's and found out the hard way.
> >
> > You might be able to find the Firewire 400 MDD software install disks on
> > Ebay.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > On Apr 8, 2010, at 5:19 AM, Dave Dent wrote:
> >
> >> Hi I'm new to Mac. I want to run a dedicated system just for Protools
> >> 5.0.1.  I have a G4 MDD 1.25 DP running OS 10.5, I need to run OS 9.2.2.
> I
> >> have a 4 disk recovery set (OS 9.2.2 & OS X) but that is not working, it
> >> keeps telling me after the first disk "communication error, check helper
> >> tool, application bundle"?  I would like to buy an original OS9 disk can
> you
> >> lead me in any direction?  "
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