Mac OS 8 on iBook?

silentwulf4 · #1 July 21st, 2005, 03:58 PM

Could Mac OS 8 run on an ibook? Not the older ones, this one is about 500mhz from 2001.

bobw · #2 July 21st, 2005, 04:01 PM

The first iBook (2000) can run 8.6 or above.
iBook (Dual USB) - 9.1
Late 2001 - 9.2.1

biff1of1 · #3 July 21st, 2005, 04:05 PM

8.5 probably

DeltaMac · #4 July 21st, 2005, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by biff1of1

8.5 probably

NOT!
As bobw accurately pointed out, the oldest white iBook, called the Dual USB model, 500MHz, will not load or boot a system older than Mac OS 9.1

**Giaguara** · #5 July 21st, 2005, 04:49 PM

If it's one of these .. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43091 => 9.1 looks like the answer. You can't install anything older than what it had when it got out of the factory to it.

silentwulf4 · #6 July 21st, 2005, 07:14 PM

Well I bought the thing with no OS but the vendor stated it had 9 on their, not sure if it was 9.1 though. How can I get 9.1 on their? Don't I have to first install OS 9 to be able to install any of the updated versions?

pds · #7 July 22nd, 2005, 02:07 AM

If you want to run Classic, you should install 9 first. That book will run OSX very nicely, although Tiger is not officially supported. If you have original OSX install disks, you won't need to have 9 installed (but won't have access to Classic).