Done!
My Quicksilver 2002 now happily runs FU1-9.2.2 from a fresh install. It wasn't an easy journey, though.
I spent most of yesterday night searching the web all over for a copy of a french 9.2.2 install recent enough to boot those machines released after the last update to Mac OS 9. No luck, and a lot of frustration.
Then, out of despair, I looked in an old backup hard drive, in which I knew I had some classic Mac OS disk images. And there, I found an image of the iMac G4 17'' original media, which is known to be pretty much universal, just as the eMac 800 MHz image I had previously found on the web.
Well, looks like I'm gifted for doing things backwards, anyway. All in all, this topic is closed for me. Thank you all!
To summarize for the record:
In order to perform a clean install of Mac OS 9.2.2 to the PowerMac G4 Quicksilver 2002 or the other G4s of that era (PowerMac MDD, iMac G4, eMac, TiBook, etc), one need either the original installation media of the machine, or an "universal" installation. The eMac G4 800 MHz and the iMac G4 17'' are the one I can confirm will boot and install on Quicksilver 2002.
My Quicksilver 2002 now happily runs FU1-9.2.2 from a fresh install. It wasn't an easy journey, though.
I spent most of yesterday night searching the web all over for a copy of a french 9.2.2 install recent enough to boot those machines released after the last update to Mac OS 9. No luck, and a lot of frustration.
Then, out of despair, I looked in an old backup hard drive, in which I knew I had some classic Mac OS disk images. And there, I found an image of the iMac G4 17'' original media, which is known to be pretty much universal, just as the eMac 800 MHz image I had previously found on the web.
Well, looks like I'm gifted for doing things backwards, anyway. All in all, this topic is closed for me. Thank you all!
To summarize for the record:
In order to perform a clean install of Mac OS 9.2.2 to the PowerMac G4 Quicksilver 2002 or the other G4s of that era (PowerMac MDD, iMac G4, eMac, TiBook, etc), one need either the original installation media of the machine, or an "universal" installation. The eMac G4 800 MHz and the iMac G4 17'' are the one I can confirm will boot and install on Quicksilver 2002.