[HM] running OS 9

[Alex]

On Saturday, Jan 31, 2004, at 08:59 Canada/Eastern, enterprise wrote:

> Is it possible that the later version of OS X (10.2.7) somehow 
> _disables_
> the use of OS 9 for booting?

No.

> I've just purchased a nearly-new iMac G4/800Mhz; [...] I cannot boot 
> up in OS 9
> (I have tried shutdown and restart etc).

It may be that OS 9 was not correctly installed; but not all G4s 
support booting from OS 9. First of all, check your new iMac's specs 
and make sure it does support OS 9 boot.

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