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Mac OS 9 booting on: Mac mini G4 (Detailed Posts)
IIO:
--- Quote from: GaryN on September 25, 2024, 08:29:27 PM ---Maybe, just maybe someone ought to volunteer to consolidate and summarize it all into something that would actually be helpful to someone who doesn't have a month to make sense out of it all.
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you could say the same about several other topics here, but it is relatively easy to give starters an advice which covers the major points.
use our installer image, if you want dual boot without too much hassle, dont even attempt to install OSX internally on use a second internal drive, for pro audio use ASIO, for soundmanager many cheap adapters will work but not all. for soundmanager the volume prefs do not work, in our image it has been set to a fixed value. in some cases certain monitors might not work at all, but this mostly affects the 1.3 and 1.5 model. if oyu don´t get it to work, kick the macmini against the wall and insult us.
aBc:
In the interim period and until a suitable volunteer
might come forward, perhaps the current thread needs
to be locked and a new thread(s) created?
Possibly entitled:
G4 Mac Mini Q&A or G4 Mac Mini OS 9 Help
listed directly under Mac OS 9 booting on: Mac mini
G4 (Detailed Posts).
If you consider that the original thread (now, even
since the transition alone) leads the Top 10 Topics (by
Views and in Replies) here, it’s only likely going to
exceed the current count of 78 pages… and the now
672,987 reads?
Stop the bloat now.
AND whoever volunteers and accepts the challenge,
might then also sort through and move certain posts
from within the locked thread to the new?
*Probably even just a bit after the introduction of v.9?
*First mention of v.9 = post #992 (Ross Darker)
October 16, 2019. Page 50.
And then there was also this… (post #988)
Was the original thread NOT intended as an examination OF
and experiments ON / WITH the development of the overall
goal? AND NOT so much for answering questions about how
to solve the more mundane installation & other issues of use?
There are many install videos available on YouTube.
Like this one from House of Moth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt2AYXMLzgY
Until today, checking the very first post under the topic
- DieHard was the last to note a link to the v.9 ISO
image. And that was 4 years ago in 2020! No small
wonder that people couldn’t find the installer around
here... after the transition.
So… maybe keep the first 50 pages under the old
Mac OS 9 booting on: Mac mini G4 (Detailed Posts)
and move the remainder to a new heading (Maybe
even as a Part II) - for those that want to read it all?
And then create the G4 Mac Mini Q&A or
G4 Mac Mini OS 9 Help?
So there’s my 2 cents. :o
And it seems that this isn't the first time that Gary
has mentioned this tiny concern? ;)
ssp3:
--- Quote from: aBc on September 26, 2024, 10:40:58 PM ---.. perhaps the current thread needs to be locked and a new thread(s) created?
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Yes, that's a good idea. Pinned and locked. Maybe cleaned of unnecessary chatter too.
I too have a feeling that we're troubleshooting every newcomer's Mini in this thread.
--- Quote ---Possibly entitled:
G4 Mac Mini Q&A or G4 Mac Mini OS 9 Help listed directly under Mac OS 9 booting on: Mac mini
G4 (Detailed Posts).
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Yes and yes.
I did my part in creating Mac Mini display related thread, maybe someone can write a short FAQ?
Also, maybe it's possible to create another, Mini SSD drive and adapter thread and move the old posts from other threads there? I know that both of us have done a great deal of testing those ;)
P.S. What does the 'Split Topic' function do?
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