Upgrade (sic!) from OSX 10.3 to OS 9

#1 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 - 13:57

Hi. I have a clamshell iBook Graphite and it's far too slow running OSX 10.3.

It runs OS 9 applications in Classic mode but

I would like to set up as a native OS 9 machine.

I have an original OS 9 CD-R so my question is: How do I do a clean install of OS 9 so I only have OS 9 on this iBook and no OS X ?

BTW - i love OSX Mavericks but I have a super MacBook Pro for that. I simply want to run AppleWorks, Netscape, QTVR, and Hyperstudio on my iBook.

Thank you in advance.

#2 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 - 16:00

If you can boot from that CD, then you have the option to initialize the drive from Disk Utility. Then just follow the steps to install, it's really straight forward.

#3 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 - 03:45

Ok.. let me see if I can indeed boot from the OS 9 CD.

#4 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 - 19:00

If it runs 9 in classic mode then update it to 9.2.2 and then you should have the option to choose OS 9 in the startup disk menu.

As for the programs, you may not get the newest versions but they are available for what you have.