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Need Help installing mac os 9
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michelin
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Aug 15, 2003, 10:17 PM
 
I just bought an iMac 600 that has Mac Os X installed. However, I have a digital camera that does not support X but only 9. This computer however, does not have 9 Installed. I tried booting up with the CD to install 9 but it will only allow me to do a clean installation. Unfortunately, I have already installed all the software and I don’t want to loose it. Is there any way to get around this problem? Please help.

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Art Vandelay
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Aug 15, 2003, 10:24 PM
 
OS 9's Clean Install does not erase the drive. It installs OS 9 in a separate folder instead of updating an existing system folder, which is the default. Since you only have OS X, the OS 9 installer will only perform a clean install since it can not update an OS X install. Again, a Clean Install is ok.
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Aug 15, 2003, 10:32 PM
 
Thanks for the info. I will try it tonight.
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