I can't say it will work for you with a laptop, but when I installed the new 80 GB hard drive in my Power Mac G3 (rev. B) , all I did was format and partition the NEW drive then I copied over my entire OS 9.2.2 System Folder to it and it was bootable. I have had no issues with at so far. I also have made system 7 floppy boot disks the same way, except using just the minimum required files (Finder, System, Enabler etc).My problem is that I don't have OS9.1 install disks, so wiping the hard drive and partitioning is not a viable option. My plan was to just install OSX10.2 of some sort right on top of OS9.1. My understanding is that this is doable and I can just switch between System Folders using the startup control panel. One of my Kangas appears to have an 8.6 installation on it as well, and it looks like I can switch between it and 9.1. Haven't tried it because I'm not sure if the 8.6 install is any good, but in theory I could. The current drive has plenty of space for OSX with space left over, so once I get the system fully operational (it needs a new keyboard and PRAM battery) I'm going to try to track down some OSX CDs.The sweet spot for OS X on the Kanga is 10.2.6, as the video kext works at thousands - you can go to 10.2.8 but save the kext, and I believe the same for 10.3.
Also keep in mind OS X needs to be installed on the first partition of the HD, which has to be below 8GB in size. To keep it clean, partition the HD in two - the first 8GB for OS X, and the latter for OS 9.1 - files etc won't get messed up then.
Hoping to do the same with my Kanga soon
JB
Post #19 by Green78II
| Source Forum | 68kMLA |
|---|---|
| Category | Troubleshooting |
| Post Date | Thu, 11 Feb 2010 - 04:07 |
| Original URL | https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/xpostfacto.19602/ |
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