Copying OS9 install - where am I going wrong?

[rare]

So, I managed to boot from a DVD I created with the universal installer (thanks guys!), and got an install on a drive.

I want to replicate that drive for another machine because I’m having a huge headache getting the disc to boot again (I must have been lucky first time round!).

I’ve formatted another drive connected via a USB enclosure to Mac OS Extended and copied the entire OS9 drive over to it, I’ve also ‘blessed’ the drive by moving in and out the finder/system files.

When trying to boot from that drive I get absolutely nothing - any ideas? Have I missed something? Getting a bit frustrated at it…!

[GaryN]

Lots of missing details here BUT, my first wild guess would be maybe you didn't install OS9 drivers on the new drive during formatting?

[rare]

Hey, thanks so much for the reply!!

Doh - I think you may be right…is it possible to do that from within Mac OS9?

[GaryN]

Again, details matter.

IF you used OS9 Drive Setup to format the new drive, it was taken care of automatically.
IF however, you used an OSX-running computer, you have to select "Install OS9 Drivers" at the initialization step.

So now… If you DID get the driver installed, the next question is: When you blessed the System, did you actually deposit the files at the "top" of the drive and THEN return them - two separate steps, one out and one back in. More than a few have just pulled the files out and then put them back without ever "letting go" of them.

ALSO… To bless the System on a different computer, you must drop them at the top of the drive being blessed. You cannot drop them on the desktop because it's a different computer.

[rare]

Thank you Gary, I managed to get it sorted in the end. I really appreciate the advice.

I plugged it in to another machine running OSX, wiped the drive, installed the OS9 drivers and then copied the install back on to it. Works perfect now.

Except my B&W G3 randomly decided to take 20 minutes to boot. And then it started booted fine. Because you know, B&W G3   

[GaryN]

Thank you Gary, I managed to get it sorted in the end. I really appreciate the advice.

I plugged it in to another machine running OSX, wiped the drive, installed the OS9 drivers and then copied the install back on to it. Works perfect now.

Except my B&W G3 randomly decided to take 20 minutes to boot. And then it started booted fine. Because you know, B&W G3   

Happy to help. If you continue to have boot delay, try a PRAM reset: https://www.macworld.com/article/224955/how-to-reset-a-macs-nvram-pram-and-smc.html