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patch for bootable OS 9?
Name: Naphtali Date: February 7, 2003 at 11:43:48 Pacific OS: OS X CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:
I run Classic Mac software exclusively and will for the foreseeable future. However, I lust for a new AL PowerBook 17-inch screen. The problem is I want to run OS 9.x, not OS X or OS X in Classic mode.
Is there a firmware patch -- anything stable -- that will allow me to get the result I want, that is, to jump through whatever hoops I must to wind up with a Year 2003 17-inch PB that runs bootable OS 9.x partition?
Name: ChrisP Date: February 7, 2003 at 21:55:56 Pacific
Reply:
As long as you have an OS 9 install CD, just repartition the drive when you get the PowerBook, and install OS 9 on one and the included OS X on the other. While Apple might not include OS 9 installers with it, I see no reason, and have heard no reason, why it's not possible to run it nonetheless.
----chri.s-
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Response Number 2
Name: chocolate Date: February 8, 2003 at 06:41:43 Pacific
Reply:
As far as I know any macintosh computer manfactured after january 2003 no longer supports OS 9.
If anyone knows any different I would like to know.
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Response Number 3
Name: radioboy Date: February 8, 2003 at 09:51:25 Pacific
Reply:
Chocolate, Not entirely correct. New Macs will certainly "support" OS9, but will ship with "X" as the default OS. Read more :
Name: fieraci Date: February 9, 2003 at 04:53:53 Pacific
Reply:
Remember. OS X must be in the FIRST partition on the drive.
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Response Number 5
Name: the pickle Date: February 9, 2003 at 16:08:06 Pacific
Reply:
There is NO WAY to boot any of the new PowerBooks (the 15" is still the same model as before) in OS 9.
Apple has a KBase article about this; it's not a firmware problem. It's the fact that OS 9 doesn't know what to do with the hardware. Sorta like trying to run System 7 on an iMac.
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Response Number 6
Name: chocolate Date: February 10, 2003 at 00:52:32 Pacific
Reply:
Fieraci...
I have built several 9.2/OSX systems with OS 9 on the first partition...works perfectly!!
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Response Number 7
Name: Phil Date: February 10, 2003 at 06:41:57 Pacific
Reply:
Pickle, what keyword(s) should I use to search for that KBase article? I didn't find it.
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Response Number 8
Name: the pickle Date: February 10, 2003 at 14:18:58 Pacific
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