trying to install Roland Sound Canvas V.3 - requires 9.1 or later with classic. I have 10.3.9 installed. iBook will not let me install 9.2.2 [says can only run from CD]
confused/frustrated 1st timer to Mac.
Thank you.

well, make sure classic is installed. (check "system pref"-> "classic". if it say classic is installed, you don't need to install anything. else find "install classic" your OS X 10.3 CD's and install it.

As a follow up message to the one posted above, welcome
to the wonderful world of the Macintosh Computer! We
are here to help.

As for your problem, the way you stated your problem
makes me suspect that is should work in both OS X and
OX 9. Try finding any OS X drivers on either the CD that
came with the product or on the manufacturer's web site.

If this is not the case, you will need to install OS 9 itself or
the Classic emulator on your computer. I would
recommend trying to install the classic emulator as a first
choice as I hate having to boot back and forth between
the two OSes to run a single application. What this means
is that you can be running in OS X for everything and
when you need to access that application it will either
have launched the OS 9 emulator at startup or will launch
it prior to running your older software. To do this you will
need your OS X disks. Locate the first one and place it
into your computer. It should mount automatically but if
not double-click the CD icon. There should be something
titled "Install Classic applications and support" or
something like that. Double-click this and install the OS 9
Emulator. Voila! You are finished.

If that is not an option you will need to find an OS 9 install
disk from back in the day. You can probably still
purchase this from Apple if you need to by calling 1-800-
GO-APPLE. Once you have this disk, boot from it by
restarting your computer and holding the 'C' key during
the boot tones. Once you get to the OS installer
application on there you will want to select "erase and
install" as your install option. Don't worry about this as
only OS X disks will completely erase the whole drive. If
you are nervous about this you might want to back up
your data first but I have never had a problem this way.
The OS 9 clean install only erases the space it will be
installing that OS to. Once this install process finishes
you will be able restart the computer into OS X by
selecting the Startup Disk in the Control Panel option in
the Apple menu over on the top left then selecting the OS
X volume to boot from.

Good luck!