Thanks... yes mine is a FW 400 model so I need to find a FW 400 gray disk, that came with the machine...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Ronnie Day <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ronnie.day@gmail.com">ronnie.day@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Dave,<br>
<br>
I'd look on <<a href="http://lowendmac.com" target="_blank">lowendmac.com</a>> and/or <<a href="http://xlr8yourmac.com" target="_blank">xlr8yourmac.com</a>> for specific, but<br>
I'm 99% sure Bruce is correct that if your G4 is a dual processor box<br>
with FW800 (squarish FW connector) it won't boot into OS9 at all.<br>
Interestingly, the last G4 Apple sold was a single 1.25 GHz box that<br>
would boot into OS9. It was introduced about the same time as the<br>
first G5s.<br>
<br>
HTH,<br>
Ron<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Bruce Ryan Nakamura <<a href="mailto:galilao@lava.net">galilao@lava.net</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> Hello Dave,<br>
><br>
> Is your MDD a Firewire 800 model? If so, you will not be able to boot up<br>
> natively in OS 9.<br>
><br>
> Only the Firewire 400 MDD's without Firewire 800 can boot natively in OS 9.<br>
> If your MDD is a Firewire 400 only model, then you need to get the gray<br>
> colored software install disks that were shipped with the Firewire 400<br>
> MDD's. The retail edition of OS 9 will NOT run on MDD's. I own 3 Firewire<br>
> 400 dual boot MDD's and found out the hard way.<br>
><br>
> You might be able to find the Firewire 400 MDD software install disks on<br>
> Ebay.<br>
><br>
> Hope this helps.<br>
><br>
> On Apr 8, 2010, at 5:19 AM, Dave Dent wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Hi I'm new to Mac. I want to run a dedicated system just for Protools<br>
>> 5.0.1. I have a G4 MDD 1.25 DP running OS 10.5, I need to run OS 9.2.2. I<br>
>> have a 4 disk recovery set (OS 9.2.2 & OS X) but that is not working, it<br>
>> keeps telling me after the first disk "communication error, check helper<br>
>> tool, application bundle"? I would like to buy an original OS9 disk can you<br>
>> lead me in any direction? "<br>
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