Support of OS 9 by G4 MDDs has already been treated here, most discursively in
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both as to the Classic Environment components and 48-bit LBA enablement under OS 9. The two Install and restore DVDs released with the M9145 1.25GHz MDD that could again boot into OS 9.2.2 postdate the withdrawal of the FW800s. For example, the Install Applications and Mac OS 9.pkg alias is dated 25 Jan. 2004. I suspect that whatever prevented FW800s from booting into OS 9 lay elsewhere than in the system software, however simple it may be for the energetic or the determined to circumvent it.
It needs to be taken into account that 48-bit LBA-savvy OS 9 installations can still choke on HDDs of more than 190GB (unless a FireWire bus is used) and more than 1.5GB of RAM.
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viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9967&p=99383
both as to the Classic Environment components and 48-bit LBA enablement under OS 9. The two Install and restore DVDs released with the M9145 1.25GHz MDD that could again boot into OS 9.2.2 postdate the withdrawal of the FW800s. For example, the Install Applications and Mac OS 9.pkg alias is dated 25 Jan. 2004. I suspect that whatever prevented FW800s from booting into OS 9 lay elsewhere than in the system software, however simple it may be for the energetic or the determined to circumvent it.
It needs to be taken into account that 48-bit LBA-savvy OS 9 installations can still choke on HDDs of more than 190GB (unless a FireWire bus is used) and more than 1.5GB of RAM.
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