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Cannot boot OS 9 CD after OS X installation
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outshined said:
OS 9 is Classic, so I'm not sure what you mean. What model of Mac are you using? Macs made after a certain date cannot boot OS9, but can still run the Classic environment -- up to but not including the Intel Macs.
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I believe starting with the Mirrored Drive Door units that ability to boot into OS 9 off install CD was disabled. Please as a friendly reminder to all who post question provide information about model, OS, and other hardware specs so that we can help. Most of us our quite knowledgable about Apple computers, but the more you information the better the answer one can receive.
Classic is not the same as booting into OS 9. If one has OS 9 apps, your best bet is to boot into OS 9 to use them.
Dane D. said:
Only some of them. Some dual 1.25 MDDs were the last to boot into OS9; we have one in the office. The dual 1.42 MDD does not.
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The MDD G4/DP867 in our office will not boot off OS 9 install CD, I know because I tried and keep getting a message that said something to the affect of not supported on this unit. I even sent a email message to Apple about this and they said the hardware will not boot off OS 9 install disc. You can install OS 9, and then under System Prefs>Startup Disc>select the OS 9 folder>restart.Blue Velvet said:Only some of them. Some dual 1.25 MDDs were the last to boot into OS9; we have one in the office. The dual 1.42 MDD does not.
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If you need Classic support, I believe most Mac restore discs have the Classic Installer on the disc.
Dane D. said:
I'm not sure I know what you mean. I said OS9 is Classic, which is true. There's virtually no need to ever boot into OS9 to use OS9 applications. If an application runs in booted OS9, it will almost certainly run perfectly in the Classic environment. I have only ever found one exception to this rule in the five or so years I've been using Classic in OSX.
Anyhow, the OP still needs to answer some questions if we're going to have any chance of helping him.
Dane D. said:
And another? A game is the only example I have ever found. This is due to a graphics acceleration technology that Apple supported for only a short time. Because it was abandoned, it didn't make it to OSX and doesn't work in the Classic Environment. For virtually everything else, Classic works fine.
Blue Velvet said:
But even though that 1.25 will boot into 9, it'll only boot it from the hard drive, not the OS 9 CD (I used to have one)
And for the record, there's a model of dual 1.42 that can boot OS 9 (it's the 1.25 BTO up to 1.42), in addition to the model that can't.
dpaanlka said:
Does it run in 9.2? The later versions of OS9 broke a few applications. I think possibly VPC 3.0 was one of them. I also just checked VPC 4.0. Apparently it's not compatible with Classic either. So that's four. A pretty short list, still.