How do i install the classic enviroment, im running 10.5.2 i believe and i want to run some old OS 9 games, what do i have to install to be able to run those games?
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Well what about on my ibook g4? its also running 10.5.2.
Well looks like im gonna install tiger on my ibook then haha i really wanna play these games, once i get tiger on what do i need to do from there?
Well looks like im gonna install tiger on my ibook then haha i really wanna play these games, once i get tiger on what do i need to do from there?
If leopard supports it (still unsure on this one), you still need an original set of System 9 disks
You want to play Bugdom, don't you?
lol
Im pretty sure you must copy the "System" folder from your OS 9 disk to the root directory of your HD, then go to system preferences in Tiger and click "Classic". Then specify where the system folder for OS 9 is. If I remeber correctly
EDIT: see here: http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/classic/
EDIT: see here: http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/classic/
The cheapest and easiest way is probably to go to ebay and look for an old Macintosh. An original iMac (the fruity-coloured ones) should be available for a lot less than $100. Just make sure that it comes with MacOS 9.
Okay thanks! Tiger is installing on the ibook now, after thats done ill try that and hopefully it works
Alright well tiger is installed, i copied "System Folder" to the root of the HD went to system preferences, clicked classic, chose the classic folder. It tried starting up the classic enviroment, i get to the welcome to mac os screen, it gives me and error "The system softwate on the startup disk only functions on the original meida, not if copied to another drive" and it gives me an option to restart, if i do that it just gives me the same thing. What does that mean?
Did you follow the link to Apple's Classic support page? It may shed more light, but that error sounds familiar lol
I did look on that page, i did what it said to try if it wasnt working, no help, it was a Power Mac G4 install disc, i dont know if that makes much of a difference
If leopard supports it (still unsure on this one), you still need an original set of System 9 disks
You want to play Bugdom, don't you?
Holy wowness batman!! I REMEMBER BUGDOM! That. Was. Thebest. Game. EVER.
Holy wowness batman!! I REMEMBER BUGDOM! That. Was. Thebest. Game. EVER.
I remember playing it on OS 9 on iMacs in the 5th grade. Some students got selected to take the iMacs home for a few months at a time (low income) and I was always way jealous!
I tried running it off the disk it gave me this "Classic cannot update files in "System Folder" on "Power Mac G4 Install" because the disk is read-only."
Try creating a disk image, then "restoring" from the OS 9 disk to the disk image. You can do all this in disk utility
1) You need to be install onto your hard drive not "Power Mac G4 Install" since that is a CD, and OSX needs to put certain files in the OS9 System Folder to allow the two systems to interoperate, and suppress the loading of the OS9 Finder.
2) It will say you can't install because of OS X, then just tell it to do a clean install (not the one that wipes the HD, but the one that would make a "Former System Folder"). Doing this should allow both OSes to operate.
TEG
2) It will say you can't install because of OS X, then just tell it to do a clean install (not the one that wipes the HD, but the one that would make a "Former System Folder"). Doing this should allow both OSes to operate.
TEG
Alright, ill give that a shot.
How do i boot from a cd? Haha i dont remember which key i have to hold down
How do i boot from a cd? Haha i dont remember which key i have to hold down
With Panther and Tiger you DO NOT need an OS 9 disk, unless the computer is old enough that it can boot into OS 9; all that you need is on the OS X disk. It has been a while since I installed it, but the instructions are probably on the disk somewhere, or on the Apple website. Be sure you are searching for Classic, not OS 9. Here is Apple's help link:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh763.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh763.html