I have a Powermac G4 Quicksilver (1st gen, 733 mHz, updated to OS X 10.4.8) that I recently purchased from eBay as a gift for a family member. They were running an older G3 (233 mHz, Mac OS 9.1). I took the little 6 GB hard drive from the old Mac and slaved it to the new hd. OS X found it nicely. Yay!
However, Im having issues getting Classic to start. It tells me you have Mac OS 9.1 installed, it is recommended you upgrade to 9.2. The 9.1 begins to load, but the progress bar stops at a tiny sliver and goes no further. I have to force quit. Ive tried starting from Sys Prefs with extensions off, etc., with no luck, although Classic does see the System Folder on the old hard drive for OS 9.1 as a valid system folder.
(I should also mention I've spent ~5 hours Googling this issue...)
I downloaded the 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 updates, but OS X tries to load Classic in order to install (argh). I copied over the 9.2.x updates to the old drive, and tried to change the startup disk in System Preferences to the 9.1 System Folder on the second drive, but it still boots to OS X. I disconnected the new hd from the bus and set the little hd to master, but I get the dreaded folder/question mark/Mac Smileyface, and 9.1 wont load.
I should note there wasnt a Classic option within OS X until I added the old hard drive to the system. The OS X System folder doesnt appear to contain an OS 9 folder for Classic to choose. Any ideas, Macheads?
However, Im having issues getting Classic to start. It tells me you have Mac OS 9.1 installed, it is recommended you upgrade to 9.2. The 9.1 begins to load, but the progress bar stops at a tiny sliver and goes no further. I have to force quit. Ive tried starting from Sys Prefs with extensions off, etc., with no luck, although Classic does see the System Folder on the old hard drive for OS 9.1 as a valid system folder.
(I should also mention I've spent ~5 hours Googling this issue...)
I downloaded the 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 updates, but OS X tries to load Classic in order to install (argh). I copied over the 9.2.x updates to the old drive, and tried to change the startup disk in System Preferences to the 9.1 System Folder on the second drive, but it still boots to OS X. I disconnected the new hd from the bus and set the little hd to master, but I get the dreaded folder/question mark/Mac Smileyface, and 9.1 wont load.
I should note there wasnt a Classic option within OS X until I added the old hard drive to the system. The OS X System folder doesnt appear to contain an OS 9 folder for Classic to choose. Any ideas, Macheads?