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rich82fox
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Jul 22, 2005, 05:48 AM
 
hi

I have a powermac G3 (blue and white - with 450mhz G4 upgrade)

It is running OS10.3

I copied an os9 folder from my imac onto the powermacs harddrive

when I try to boot up in OS9 it just shows the disk image with the question mark

I have tried booting up from the os9 cd so that I can install it the orthodox way but it doesn't list the powermacs harddrive - so I'm unable to install it

any ideas what this could be?

thanx in advance

rich
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Jul 22, 2005, 07:03 AM
 
I think you didn't install the OS9 driver for your harddrive. You can do that with Disk Utility.
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rich82fox  (op)
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Jul 22, 2005, 07:57 AM
 
Originally Posted by OreoCookie
I think you didn't install the OS9 driver for your harddrive. You can do that with Disk Utility.
can I install the os9 drivers without erasing the disk?

thanx in advance

rich
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Jul 22, 2005, 11:22 PM
 
Originally Posted by rich82fox
can I install the os9 drivers without erasing the disk?

thanx in advance

rich
Nope.

Backup and re-initialize, selecting to install the OS 9 drivers this time.
     
rich82fox  (op)
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Jul 28, 2005, 07:14 PM
 
Originally Posted by msuper69
Nope.

Backup and re-initialize, selecting to install the OS 9 drivers this time.

having a bit of a catch 22 situation here

when I boot of an os9 cd it doesn't show the hard drive (due to it not having the os9 drivers on it) .... so I can't do a clean install

I've tried booting of my ibook's os over firewire but when I select it and press restart in startup disk planel - system just hangs (spinning ball)

any ideas what I could try?

rich
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Jul 29, 2005, 02:48 AM
 
Boot with OS X and install the drivers during the beginning of the installation. Then abort the installation.

But be sure to have backed up your system!!
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