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[Protools5LEGuy]

I am G4fanboy at MacRumors. My English skills aren't making justice to your work.

http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/can-a-2002-g4-power-mac-run-os9.1973014/

Please correct me if I am wrong. I am the only MacOS9Lives! evangelist there.

[Protools5LEGuy]

There is a method to install OS9 on a FW-800 MDD, Erik. And now it doesn't need a firmware downgrade. Thanks to iMic the author of LeopardAssist we can even boot a FW800 via an special and unique install CD.

Go MacOS9Lives! for the latest and more capable OS9 install disk in the world.

You only have to download the Universal Install from http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,2143.msg11047.html#msg11047 called also

Mac OS 9.2.2 Universal Install - Unsupported G4s with Modified iMic ROM

To explain it as I remember. Apple made OS9 for MDD as a restore disk once you had OSX installed. We improved that making a disk for all bootable Macs even when apple didn't do a disk for those first MDD. That is the other universal install for all the official supported machines. http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,2109.0.html called also

Mac OS 9.2.2 Universal Install - ISO CD Image for all G3s & G4s - Most Popular

Then we improved that disk containing the latest extensions with the Modified iMic ROM that allowed to install OS9 on iBooks G4, MDD FW800 and even in some ALU PowerBooks. We are having test for the first Xserve and Minis.

All the hacking involved for booting deeply unsupported machines past the MDD with open firmware tricks is not needed for MDD 800. Just burn the first link and your machine will install OS9 as if it were a Quicksilver.

Please folks, saying that FW 800 OS9 is hard today is just like saying PPC hasn't an optimized video player because CorePlayer was hacked only 2 months ago. No more misinformation. Even for newcomers with 0 skills, they can install OS9 on MDD using the first link. Assuming they know how to install Mac OS.

Maybe we should call the iMic modified rom ISO "Unique" instead of Universal because we have 2 "Universal" and Universal word has already been taking for PPC-Intel OSX software.

[DieHard]

Maybe we should call the iMic modified rom ISO "Unique" instead of Universal because we have 2 "Universal" and Universal word has already been taking for PPC-Intel OSX software.

Hmmm... maybe you are right; The term "Universal" when it comes to Mac OS installs means it was the retail version that was NOT specific to a particular machine and was not packaged as a restore for a specific Mac.  However, I can see that the the "universal" term is confusing... especially that we have 2 ISOs named "universal"

[DieHard]

OK Fixed... the New Official name is:
Mac OS 9.2.2 "EASY" Install for Unsupported G4s

[Protools5LEGuy]

Great!

Thanks!