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Another long-winded, opinionated and meandering expose’.
(Which has been on my desktop, un-polished, far too long.)

Intro

Even though my preference has always been a dual boot MDD setup (whether either by multi-partitioning a single HD / SSD etc. - or having at least two separate drives for multiple, bootable operating systems). I finally succumbed to my own long-standing advice concerning the MDD download “Install & Restore” approach. (Downloaded and now tested here from both Macintosh Garden and the Repository.) *Our own 1 DVD + 5 CD MDD Install & Restore ©2003 download on the Hotline server is currently incomplete. But check the Garden…

https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/power-mac-g4-software-install-restore

However, sour grapes from me. I do not and did not like this process at all, during… or even after full completion. Maybe over time, that might change? Oooh, back to individually colored file folders again!

Still, I prefer having OS 9.2.2 standalone on one drive / partition - and some version of OS X (mine = Tiger) on another partition / drive. The MDD Install & Restore - 2 DVD disc set will eventually yield you Mac OS 10.3.2 (Panther) and OS 9… (the el-lame-o “Classic” shell version).

Some people DO like the “Classic” version. [Who?]

And just possibly…
You can install OS 9 from the DVD disc set to another partition - but I didn’t care to try - or spend the time trying.

So unless you really really like, need or simply prefer Panther… I’d use a version of OS 9 from the Forum here - and again… maybe some other version of OS X (Tiger 10.4.6 up to 10.4.11). In a segregated, dual boot arrangement. Again, your choice.

Languages?

And yes, the MDD I & R disc set will allow you to choose other install languages, just as most other versions of full OS X Apple installers do. *Please refer to Protools5LEGuy’s recent comments concerning this. [Even if you’re DAW inclined…or not.] https://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=7547.msg58426#msg58426


And then…

After you have successfully installed Panther from the first DVD and might still have some patience (or hair) left, it’s time to “Install Applications & Mac OS 9” - which may eventually request / require that you insert the 2nd DVD disc from the set if you want to install other apps and OS 9. Oh boy, even more fun!



Contents of first MDD I & R disc above.


After all of the above has been successfully completed… IF you also have a version of Tiger already installed, it’s time to Safe boot with Tiger (holding down the S key) in order to prevent Tiger’s Spotlight app from indexing your new Panther installation AND the “Classic” OS 9 version that might also be installed.

Say it along with me now…. Vee do not like zeee Beee Treee errors!
So avoid them in this manner.

Nope, I don’t use “Classic” OS 9 for nuthin’ anyway. But definitely, suit yourselves.



See where / how the Panther 10.3.2 installation is intentionally restricted from Tiger’s Spotlight indexing below? Same for any OS 9.2.2 partition / drive. [Tiger’s Spotlight Privacy window seen here.] ⬇︎



But Panther itself does not have Spotlight. (Well there’s a plus.)

OS X’s?

However, if you opt instead for Leopard as your primary solo, or even secondary OS X install (MacOS 10.5 / 10.5.) then you’ll also need to deal with disabling Time Machine too.

And while we’re primarily OS 9 - centric here, occasionally “we” do dabble a bit in versions of OS X. In my case quite simply as a backup for any problems with my OS 9 working installs. A bootable Tiger partition / HD / SSD can provide machine access. And of course, there are other uses for El Tigre as well.

For instance… I used Toast 7 Titanium, running under Tiger to burn the DVDs from the MDD I & R downloaded Toast files AND then used those burned DVDs to Install and Restore to another available partition inside that very same MDD.
Other Downloads, errata

Tiger (OS 10.4.6) Download # 34 DVD, available here:
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/mac-osx-mac-os-10-ppc
(A multiple “CD set” is also available there.)

Other OS 9 Downloads available here:
https://macos9lives.com/downloads
• General Image (DMG Format)?
Mactron’s Bootable Rescue CD & Disk Repair

     Respect where respect is most definitely due.

     

Or… if a bit more adventurous, there’s my favorite OS 9.2
MacTron’s Bootable Rescue CD & Disk Repair (2 versions).
Via the Hotline server: hotline.macos9lives.com
(Absolutely chock-full of extra apps & tools.)
Located under: MacOS Diagnostics & Repair.

Check out this current Google AI misappropriation BS:
MacTron's Bootable Rescue CD & Disk Repair, also
known as the MRS (Mac Recovery System) Recovery
Boot Disc. Untrue and utter falsehood!
PM sent to MacTron.

MacTron's Bootable Rescue CD & Disk Repair
now only exists on the Hotline server. AFAIK

Pick your appropriate client for Hotline at the bottom
of this page ➤ https://macos9lives.com/downloads
and then access the server - hotline.macos9lives.com

https://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=7321.msg56648#msg56648

Why Panther, why?

Unless you are a complete and utter glutton for punishment, OR you suffer from severe OCD which compels you to keep your MDD as original as the day it was born… I no longer support, nor will I advise using the MDD Install & Restore disc sets. And I very sincerely apologize to all that I have ever recommended this to previously. I actually do feel… and now actually have felt your pain. Sorry indeed. Mea culpa. It works but I still don’t care for it. (Yet.)

And then again… perhaps you’re a Panther person with a penchant for possibly preserving the past perfectly? Now do please explain why some of you might actually prefer El Pantera, OS 10.3? (It is kinda sorta retro cool.) [Insert the sound of crickets here.] See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Panther

AND Panther Updates? Available here:  https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/panther-updates

Okay, more than enough chatter out of me (he finally yields).
Additional, actual screenshots taken from the MDD install are also attached below.
Panther Apps - Panther Utilities - Panther Sys Prefs - Classic Apps & Classic Utilities.
NOTE:

YES everyone - the older 691-4681-A DVD ©2003 is missing from the Hotline server, so downloading what is available there is rather pointless unless you also source the missing DVD from elsewhere (Mac Garden or the Repository).

To complete & correct the HOTLINE (older) download set Power Mac MDD (Mirrored Drive Door) ©2003 (Single 1.25 GHz CPU) M9145LL/A Restore Set - with the missing 691-4681-A (DVD) currently absent from the Hotline server… the 691-4681-A DVD might be added from one of the two other sources. Otherwise, what’s the point of having the incomplete ©2003 set on the Hotline server?

https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/power-mac-g4-software-install-restore
https://www.macintoshrepository.org/21002-mac-os-x-10-3-disc-1-0-g4-691-4681-a-aht-2-0-2-dvd-

Again, I used the MDD - (2) DVD download “Install & Restore” set dated ©2004 here.
Can’t see the DVD’s text well enough below? Then click & drag the image to your desktop.
Or switch your Forum Profile, Look and Layout settings to the Forum’s “Blu” theme temporarily.

See the original MacOS9Lives.com description (only) for the currently incomplete ©2003 version:
https://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=3266.msg20810#msg20810  (1 DVD + 5 CDs)

Oh and congratulations if you made through all of this AND it made any sense to you whatsoever. It's now off my desktop and I can point to it in the future for those attempting this install or restore. Thank you so very much.