OS 9.2 after OSX

illusion · #1 June 4th, 2006, 03:15 AM

Hi, can any body help me please!!!!
i have this problem:
1.i had mac G4 with installed os 9.25
2. i had the HDD broken then i installed OS 10.3 cause i couldnot install Os 9.2 (Noway) i booted my Mac from OS 9.2 boot cd , when i try to install the system said:
this program cant run on your computer see documentations...
help me please tyo solve this

Lt Major Burns · #2 June 4th, 2006, 04:33 AM

you can never put an older installation over a newer installation, without completely erasing the drive you're putting on. try the 'erase and install' option.

ElDiabloConCaca · #3 June 4th, 2006, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by illusion

Hi, can any body help me please!!!!
i have this problem:
1.i had mac G4 with installed os 9.25

Impossible -- the latest version of OS 9 was OS 9.2.2... there was no 9.25 or 9.2.5.

Quote:

2. i had the HDD broken then i installed OS 10.3 cause i couldnot install Os 9.2 (Noway) i booted my Mac from OS 9.2 boot cd , when i try to install the system said:
this program cant run on your computer see documentations...
help me please tyo solve this

You CAN install older versions over newer versions, but only in the case of OS 9 and OS X. You can install OS 9 after you install OS X, as long as when you format the disk for OS X you also include the OS 9 drivers (the option is present for this in Disk Utility).

What kind of OS 9.2 disk is that? Did it come with your computer?

The_Flood · #4 June 5th, 2006, 11:14 PM

I have a powerbook G4 running OS X 10.4.6 but I don't have the OS X install disks. I want to install OS 9.1, but when I try installing I get an error saying "Classic cannot update files in "system folder" on "Mac OS 9.1" because the disk is read-only."

Satcomer · #5 June 6th, 2006, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Flood

I have a powerbook G4 running OS X 10.4.6 but I don't have the OS X install disks. I want to install OS 9.1, but when I try installing I get an error saying "Classic cannot update files in "system folder" on "Mac OS 9.1" because the disk is read-only."

Classic needs 9.2.

cburroughs · #6 June 6th, 2006, 07:14 AM

Bit tricky but there is a way to put Classic on a Mac running OSX without the OSX install disc (not that this would help as Classic is not installed, say from a pucker Tiger disc)
This is a fix but you will require a Classic running Mac. If you make a Blank Disc image called "Macintosh HD.img" with Disk Copy from the Utilities/OS 9 CD. make a image of 320 MB save it to hard drive and click Erase to initialize the disk. A new disk image will appear on the desktop.
Now with the OS 9 disc install the system to this image.
Basically you should then have a classic system on the disc image, to make this work with OSX just drag the Folders to the top Level of OSX hard drive.
In System Preferences click Classic and with look it will see the system folder. It may say that its needs to modify this system but after its run it should work.
Your problem is OS9.2.1 needs updating to 9.2.2. I made a disc image on a Classic mac then burnt the image to a CD. now I can pop it on any OSX Mac to give a Classic environment if required.