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Resolved PowerMac G4 wtf?
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Got both programs now. Really need to let my USB drive cool downBoth can be found on the Macintosh Garden site.
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So Classic is semi-broken. Audio stutters, color artifacts in a different resolution. Perhaps if I can install OS 9 native. Separate partition or erase the OS 10 partition and then install OS 9, then 10 on top?
Tiger‘s Classic kinda sucks for playing games.
You already have a native OS 9 installation — the one you’ve been using for Classic. Try booting that.
I thought I had just installed the bare minimum to get Classic going
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Yeah, it is bare minimum. Won't boot. Still, is a separate OS 9 partition a good idea?
Interesting. I thought it was a full install. Maybe the System Folder needs to be blessed?
Yes, because the OS X partition will be unaffected if anything happens to it. Did you select Install Mac OS 9 drivers when setting up the HDD? (If you didn’t, 9 won’t see the partitions.)
Nothing. Now let me be clear: I mean splitting my OS X partition into 2: one for 9 and one for 10.4
Tiger‘s Disk Utility can’t split existing partitions (Leopard’s can, so can iPartition on Tiger). Yes, I hear you
What if I ran the installer within 10.4?Tiger‘s Disk Utility can’t split existing partitions (Leopard’s can, so can iPartition on Tiger). Yes, I hear you
Even if that worked (no idea if it does), it would end up installing OS 9 on the same partiton as Tiger.
The two OSes are able to coexist on the same partition, and PPC Macs that also came with 9 were set up that way, which is why 9's app folder is named
Applications (Mac OS 9) in that case.
Whoa. So...
I install OS 9 first
And then I just tell the OS 10.4 installer to install on the same partition?
I believe you can install Mac OS 9 after 10.4 is already installed, since they use different System folders and can live on the same drive at the same time. I don't think you have to install 10.4 again after 9 is installed in this case.
Everyone:
It's working.
9.2.2, plus 10.4.11
Using https://www.macintoshrepository.org/1616-virtual-dvd-rom-cd-utility seems to work great for the stuff I want to do
It's working.
9.2.2, plus 10.4.11
Using https://www.macintoshrepository.org/1616-virtual-dvd-rom-cd-utility seems to work great for the stuff I want to do