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hmpff · Dec 9, 2003, 07:52 PM

Hi,

I guess the topic isn't really accurate. Here's my problem :

I have an iMac, and my slot-loading CD drive doesn't work anymore. So, I got an external CD drive (Lacie Firewire 52x), but I can't seem to install Mac OS 9 from the CD now. Nothing I tried succeded in making my iMac boot from the Mac OS 9 CD. I tried holding the option key down, selecting the CD in System Preferences:Startup Disk, and even booting into Open Firmware, to no avail.

Please help!!

gorickey · Dec 9, 2003, 07:56 PM

What model is your iMac?

hmpff · Dec 9, 2003, 08:00 PM

500MHz, slot-loading
is that enough information?

gorickey · Dec 9, 2003, 08:15 PM

Do you have the "Classic OS 9" drivers installed?

hmpff · Dec 9, 2003, 08:23 PM

On my hard drive? I don't think so. But I want to boot from the CD, and the CD doesn't even show up in the list if I hold down the option key at startup.

romeosc · Dec 9, 2003, 08:47 PM

Make a disk image of the OS 9 CD and install from it!

hmpff · Dec 9, 2003, 08:51 PM

Thanks for the suggestion, but I would then need to *boot* from the disk image (which I don't think is possible).

hmpff · Dec 9, 2003, 09:22 PM

ya... ok... i'm really stupid!

i used the Mac OS 9 CD i bought at the store, instead of the Mac OS 9 CD that came with my iMac... i had forgotten all about it....

thanks for your help