Hi everyone,
Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I have an eMac G4 1.0 GHz SuperDrive model and I'd like to boot Mac OS 9 and migrate away from OS X Tiger 10.4.11. As far as I can tell, this Mac should boot OS 9 if it were the cheaper Combo drive model. Yet, I couldn't help but notice that the newer model 1.25 GHz model is able to boot OS 9, albeit unsupported by Apple. I was hoping to do more of the same with my own eMac 1.0 GHz model. I did some reading and heard about the custom ROM image but I'm a bit hesitant without any further research. The graphics card is an ATI Radeon 7500 which, as far as I remember, had native support for OS 9. Am I in good shape to proceed with the custom image? Would I even need the custom ROM? Since this Mac has Open Firmware, I figure I could just "burn" the iso to a USB flash drive and boot from it. I've been able to use Open Firmware to boot PPC-based Macs in the past and I'd prefer to save on DVDs. If anyone has any thoughts, comments or tips, I'd love to hear about them.
Respectfully,
Fit