Bought a computer at a garage sale that has 10.3.9 on it--with lots of problems. Didn't come with recovery disks. I have OS 9.2 disks and am trying to install that on the machine (I know that's going backwards, but for reasons too long to put here, I need to have a 9.2 machine). Having problems going backward--never wiped a hard drive before. Getting error messages saying 9.2 can't be installed over 10.3.9. Any help would be appreciated!
Going Backwards OS X to OS 9.2
- Thread starter mwgrigs
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Natobasso
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You should first see if you already have os 9 installed in your machine; it's called classic now. Reboot your machine and hold the option key. That will show you what bootable op systems you have available. If you have OS 9 that means you can either delete your OS X installation (the System folder with the X on it) or just boot up in Classic and make that default. Make sure you have 9.2.2 as this works best with OS X on the same machine.
Your question begs this question, and you alluded to it: Why oh why go back to OS 9?
Your question begs this question, and you alluded to it: Why oh why go back to OS 9?
Is that what the error message really says? Most likely, your model can't boot MacOS 9. Which model do you have? Check your model on this site for the minimum OS that it can boot.
