OS 9 and Panther?

Paul C

Paul C

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I have Panther (without classic) installed but I have been told by Sonnet that to get my Encore ST processor working I will need to install OS 9 (not classic) to upgrade the firmware to 4.2.8 and then I can uninstall OS 9. Basically my question is can I keep Panther installed when I install OS 9 or will I need to install OS 9 and then reinstalled Panther afterwards?

Also if I installed OS 9 and wiped Panther then installed the firmware and then wipe OS 9 with an install of Panther would it look the firmware or is firmware not reliant on the Operating System?
 
Just boot from the OS CD and install OS 9. No need to wipe anything. It won't hurt Panther.
 
Will, of course, only work if you chose to add OS 9 extensions when you last reformatted the drive. If not, you can't install OS 9 on that volume, the harddisk, I think, won't even show up in OS 9...
 
I only formated my drive about 2 days ago so it wouldn't be a hassle if I did it again, I'll do the following:

1. Install a OS 9 with a format of the drive.
2. Upgrade firmware
3. Installed Panther with a format.

So I should end up with just Panther and upgraded firmware, does that sounds right?
 
I have installed OS9, upgraded the firmware and the processor works fine in Panther so tonight I'm going to remove OS 9 :)

Thanks for the help guys
 
I was told by Sonnet Support that you can't upgrade the firmware under classic as it has to be done within 'OS9', Apple also say this.
 
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