How can I Install Mac OS 9 on an Intel iMac? Is it possible?

gabrielleitao

gabrielleitao

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Hi,

I have an Intel iMac 2Ghz and Im enjoying that a lot, because I'm a swicher... lol. Ok anyway, my friend gave me a CD of the Installation of Mac OS 9, the classic Operational System for Mac. I was wondering if it is possible to install this operational system on my Mac, but maybe on the same partition as of my Mac OS X (if not, it is OK), and how to do that, so I can have 2 OS on my Macintosh.

The reason that I want to do this, is because I have some games that don't work on Mac OS X, because they are Applications (Classic)...

Is it possible? How? What should I do step-by-step... I already have the CD. yupiii...

Thanks, I hope to find a solution by Installing this OS, and I hope this works.
Thanks for MacOSX.com, they are a great Mac Support Site,

Gab.
 
You were on the right track with your last thread about SheepShaver. Mac OS 9 is a PPC OS, so you'll need an emulator to run it on an Intel machine.
 
Sorry for being so stupid, but how do I do that and run that on my Mac OS X so I can play Classic applications on my Mac OS X? So that means it is not possible to install an aditional operational system on my Intel Mac?

On my PC, I can have Windows Xp and WIndows 98 both installed on my computer...
How do I do the emulation... if you dont know... its ok... you already helped a lot.

Any ideas? Thanks for the help...
 
To run SheepShaver, I need to use the Mac OS 9 Installation CD, right? Because OS 9 is not pre-installed on SheepShaver...
 
Right, you'll need the OS 9 CD for SheepShaver. (I think 7.5 or 8 would work, too.)

You can install more than one OS on your Intel Mac, but not Mac OS 9. Mac OS 9 is a PPC-only OS, so you can't install it on Intel hardware. Similarly, on PPC Macs, you can install Mac OS 9, but not Windows or other Intel-only OSes.

As for how to use SheepShaver, as I mentioned before, I've wrestled it with it at length and gotten no usable results. So I can't really help you there. You might want to check out http://www.emaculation.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=20 (although most users there are not running SheepShaver on OS X, it's still a good resource).
 
Thank you Mikuro, it was really helpful. Even if you cant help me on using SheepShaver, I expected to have at least a good site to check out (which you gave me, by the way. :P) by the way, you are right... SheepShaver is a pain to use....
 
So I guess I will see if I can get a CD of Mac OS 8 Installation CD... that shaw work with SheepShaver, right?
 
I was unaware that the Intel iMac would not run OS 9 apps before I bought it. I have a few applications that are crucial for my work that require OS 9. Someone mentioned needing an "emulator"....I don't know what that is or where to get it. Will "Parallels for Mac Desktop" allow me to create an OS 9 guest OS, as it would allow creation of a Windows XP guest OS? From where can OS 9 installation discs be obtained?
 
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