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Power Mac G4 MDD restore discs

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Nehalem501:
Hello,

I recently got a G4 Power Mac MDD and I would like to install Mac OS 9 on it.
It seems like this is the last model produced in 2003, on the back it is written M8570 (EMC 1914C). Unfortunately, the person I got it from wasn't the original owner and didn't have the restore discs.

I have a universal 9.2.2 install disc that it can boot from fine, but when trying to run the installer, it gives me the "this program cannot run on your computer" error. I read online that I need the specific restore disc that was sold with the mac because it was released after the last retail version of Mac OS 9. Where can I find it ? There are plenty of disc images on the macintosh garden, but not enough info to know which one to choose.

I'm asking specifically about Mac OS 9, because I know that I can use the regular discs for installing Mac OS X.

aBc:
I believe that the absolutely-positively last (and latest and greatest) MDD install set is available via the MacOS9Lives Hotline server... and maybe someone else can guide you through that process?

I’m again, many miles from my base and have yet to setup my normal machine here... so if nobody else chimes in before, I can probably be a bit more helpful tomorrow. Sorry that I can’t be of more help at present.

In the meantime, you might try this one from Mac Garden:
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/power-mac-g4-software-install-restore

I’ll check / compare this later tonight or tomorrow.

Good luck!

OR. There’s also MacTron’s Bootable Rescue CD & Disk Repair (Plus Version) w/ optional OS Install... if you only want OS 9.2 - but that’s also only on the Hotline server now as well. You can read more about it here:
https://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=1657.msg7404#msg7404

However, the included download link there is now dead.

aBc:
Okay, looks like my ever-helpful colleagues haven’t jumped all over this. So…

If you haven’t figured this out already, go to: https://macos9lives.com/downloads and at the bottom, pick a client suitable for your use. Then you can possibly access the Hotline files for downloading.

Because I’m using an Intel machine, examples from the Nostalgia client here:



For some reason the MDD Restore set is under Diagnostics & Repair… but so are
MacTron’s Bootable Rescue CD & Disk Repair downloads. Again, good luck.

Nehalem501:
Thank you for your very detailed reply.
I will try this tonight.

Nehalem501:
I've tried multiple hotline clients, and they all can't connect.
Are the credentials (username and password) not the same as those on the forum?

I also tried pursuing a different route using gopher, but it is downloading the files at a ridiculously low speed (around 15KB/s).

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