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Post #3 by bobo68
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryOS 9
Post DateWed, 1 Jul 2015 - 23:21
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/install-mac-os-9-on-a-pmac-6100.2287/
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That would not work because you have to boot from the Mac OS 9.1 install CD if the installed Mac OS version is < 8.5. If you still try you get an error message saying that the system cannot run the installer.

BTW, I was wrong with my second sentence. The 6100 does not even see the third-party CD-ROM drive - with one exception: if I boot with command-option-shift-delete (= boot from external drive) it reads the CD but ends with a floppy-with-question-mark symbol. Other than that it does not see the drive. I made the Jaz copy on another Mac.

So it seems I have to find an Apple-supported CD-ROM drive or manage to hack the Jaz copy of the install CD so that it boots.

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