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Mac OS 9 Discussion => Mac OS 9, Hacks & Upgrades => Mac OS 9 on Unsupported Hardware => Topic started by: thecandymancan1423 on November 15, 2021, 12:24:43 AM

Title: How do i get Mac OS 9.2.2 on a iBook G4 1.42ghz
Post by: thecandymancan1423 on November 15, 2021, 12:24:43 AM

i tried the Open Firmware commands used for a powerbook g4 12" 1ghz and it didnt work for my ibook as nothing showed up in the boot picker i used dvd-rw and firewire 400 and nothing showed up what are the of commands to boot into this??

Title: Re: How do i get Mac OS 9.2.2 on a iBook G4 1.42ghz
Post by: lepidotos on February 06, 2022, 06:54:07 PM

The 1.42 iBooks like the one I'm typing on right now aren't really the greatest choices for a Mac OS 9 machine, due to the Radeon 9550 graphics leaving you with zero 3D acceleration. However, I will say that the boot picker doesn't seem to work right on newer Macs; probably around 2003 or so it started getting issues. Booting from Open Firmware would be your only choice, but if you haven't got that to work either, I can't really think of anything else you could do besides maybe netboot.
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=2225.0
Or possibly making a ~650MB partition for the install media? Still, you won't have drivers for graphics, AirPort Extreme, or any of the like if you do install it.