I to just got a MDD off of ebay last week. It's a MDD 2003 model. I am also trying to install 9.2.2. As is usually the case, it didn't come with the machine specific install disks so I have the typical problem of being unable to install a bootable version of 9.2.2. I don't really need the install disks but instead based on my research all I need is the invisible disk image named something like OS9General.dmg or OS9Content.dmg found on one of the install disks. Can anyone provide this? Thanks in advance.
As an aside, regarding the FW800 model, I've always heard rumors that there is some way to get it to boot into OS9. I do know that Apple provided a special version of the firmware to select developers that allowed the FW800 to boot into OS9. I've wondered if this is nothing more than the MDD 2003 firmware flashed onto the FW800 motherboard. I have also seen some people claim that they have got OS9 to boot on a FW800 and that it involves nothing more than hacking a few system files but they usually provide no details on how to do this. Another interesting approach that I just discovered is to just use a terminal command to bless the 9.2.2 folder. See this link http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1542636 as well as a Japanese user who seems to be doing something similiar on a iMac, http://ameblo.jp/jozenji/theme-10002170412.html. I found the same guy who made this claim on the apple forum discussing this at another forum but unfortunately in Russian, http://mymac.ru/forum_heritage/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=help&Number=295113&page=18&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=all.
As an aside, regarding the FW800 model, I've always heard rumors that there is some way to get it to boot into OS9. I do know that Apple provided a special version of the firmware to select developers that allowed the FW800 to boot into OS9. I've wondered if this is nothing more than the MDD 2003 firmware flashed onto the FW800 motherboard. I have also seen some people claim that they have got OS9 to boot on a FW800 and that it involves nothing more than hacking a few system files but they usually provide no details on how to do this. Another interesting approach that I just discovered is to just use a terminal command to bless the 9.2.2 folder. See this link http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1542636 as well as a Japanese user who seems to be doing something similiar on a iMac, http://ameblo.jp/jozenji/theme-10002170412.html. I found the same guy who made this claim on the apple forum discussing this at another forum but unfortunately in Russian, http://mymac.ru/forum_heritage/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=help&Number=295113&page=18&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=all.