Install Mac OS 9 on Flash Drive?

[nylock10]

Hey,

My friend has an iMac G5 and a copy of Mac OS 9, plus a 512MB flash drive.

Is it possible to boot up the Mac OS 9 CD and install it to the 512MB flash drive, is that enough space and does OS 9 support booting from a flash drive?

 

[velocityg4]

Apparently it works.

http://www.macintouch.com/usbflash02.html

I assume you are not considering pirating this for yourself🙄.

 

[FJ218700]

Hey,

My friend has an iMac G5 and a copy of Mac OS 9, plus a 512MB flash drive.

Is it possible to boot up the Mac OS 9 CD and install it to the 512MB flash drive, is that enough space and does OS 9 support booting from a flash drive?

only Intel macs boot from USB, but they will not boot into OS 9.

 

[yippy]

This won't work for many reasons.

1) Only Intel machines can boot from USB.
2) Mac OS 9 will not boot on anything newer than a G4.

However, you might be able to put OS 9 (by dragging a system folder onto the drive) on the drive and then using classic mode which is running OS 9 apps from within OS X.

 

[Lixivial]

only Intel macs boot from USB

Apple begs to differ.

This won't work for many reasons.

1) Only Intel machines can boot from USB.
2) Mac OS 9 will not boot on anything newer than a G4.

You are correct in your second point that this is a fruitless exercise as it will only result in failure. iMac G5's will not boot Mac OS 9 EDIT: and thus will not be able to install from the CD. Your process should work, though, in dragging the System Folder from the Mac OS 9 CD onto the flash drive and pointing Classic to it.

 

[McGiord]

Mac on a Stick

You would not boot from it, but will have a lot of good memories and play nice games like lode runner and dark castle.

I love to play old mac os games on my intel MacBook.

http://www.nothickmanuals.info/doku.php/minivmac


Check here for good old games:
http://mac.the-underdogs.info/
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