| older MacMini and OS 9.1 [message #31109] |
Tue, 01 January 2013 19:55  |
Murray
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Hi:
I have an older PPC MacMini 7400 running OS X 4.11 which i purchased
overseas a while back. When I reformatted the drive, using the
original disks, I didn't bother installing the system 9.1 option. Now
I would like to do so.
If I run the installer for OS 9.1.(I think it's on disk #2) will it
load without having to reformat the entire drive again for OS X 4.11,
or should I save all my files, onto a largish external USB drive
which I have, do it all over again, or perhaps, just forget the whole
thing.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Murray Woods
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| Re: older MacMini and OS 9.1 [message #31110 is a reply to message #31109] |
Tue, 01 January 2013 20:04  |
Cameron Kaiser
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> I have an older PPC MacMini 7400 running OS X 4.11 which i purchased
> overseas a while back. When I reformatted the drive, using the
> original disks, I didn't bother installing the system 9.1 option. Now
> I would like to do so.
>
> If I run the installer for OS 9.1.(I think it's on disk #2) will it
> load without having to reformat the entire drive again for OS X 4.11,
> or should I save all my files, onto a largish external USB drive
> which I have, do it all over again, or perhaps, just forget the whole
> thing.
If you're talking about installing Classic, the Classic installer will
just install Classic and 9.2.2, and will not reformat your disk or touch
10.4 otherwise.
If you're talking about installing OS 9, no Mac mini can boot Mac OS 9;
they can only run Classic.
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| Re: older MacMini and OS 9.1 [message #31111 is a reply to message #31110] |
Tue, 01 January 2013 20:46 |
Murray
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Thanks for the reply.
I just want to install OS 9 and run it from the machine. My main
interest is to be able to access my old Address Book program from
many years ago, I shall have to pull it off my old 9600/300 Power PC,
which is gathering dust behind a sofa in my room.
On Jan 1, 2013, at 8:04 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
>> I have an older PPC MacMini 7400 running OS X 4.11 which i purchased
>> overseas a while back. When I reformatted the drive, using the
>> original disks, I didn't bother installing the system 9.1 option. Now
>> I would like to do so.
>>
>> If I run the installer for OS 9.1.(I think it's on disk #2) will it
>> load without having to reformat the entire drive again for OS X 4.11,
>> or should I save all my files, onto a largish external USB drive
>> which I have, do it all over again, or perhaps, just forget the whole
>> thing.
>
> If you're talking about installing Classic, the Classic installer will
> just install Classic and 9.2.2, and will not reformat your disk or
> touch
> 10.4 otherwise.
>
> If you're talking about installing OS 9, no Mac mini can boot Mac
> OS 9;
> they can only run Classic.
>
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| Re: older MacMini and OS 9.1 [message #31118 is a reply to message #31111] |
Wed, 02 January 2013 00:52 |
Clark Martin
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On Jan 1, 2013, at 5:46 PM, Murray wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I just want to install OS 9 and run it from the machine. My main interest is to be able to access my old Address Book program from many years ago, I shall have to pull it off my old 9600/300 Power PC, which is gathering dust behind a sofa in my room.
> On Jan 1, 2013, at 8:04 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
Classic should work fine for that purpose. You don't need the OS 9 drivers installed, that is only for booting into OS 9 which the Mini can't do anyway.
Just go ahead and run the OS 9 installer and you should be good.
>
>>> I have an older PPC MacMini 7400 running OS X 4.11 which i purchased
>>> overseas a while back. When I reformatted the drive, using the
>>> original disks, I didn't bother installing the system 9.1 option. Now
>>> I would like to do so.
>>>
>>> If I run the installer for OS 9.1.(I think it's on disk #2) will it
>>> load without having to reformat the entire drive again for OS X 4.11,
>>> or should I save all my files, onto a largish external USB drive
>>> which I have, do it all over again, or perhaps, just forget the whole
>>> thing.
>>
>> If you're talking about installing Classic, the Classic installer will
>> just install Classic and 9.2.2, and will not reformat your disk or touch
>> 10.4 otherwise.
>>
>> If you're talking about installing OS 9, no Mac mini can boot Mac OS 9;
>> they can only run Classic.
>
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