How to reinstall bootable system 9 in a PowerPC G4/1.25 DP (Mirrored Drive)

Question

Hi all, I have two machines bootable with OSX and OS9
PowerPC G4/1.25 DP (Mirrored Drive Doors) dual 1.25 GHz PowerPC 7455 (G4)
and
iBook G3/900 900 MHz PowerPC 750fx (G3)
I have some MACOS9 software which just doesn't work in classic mode with any OSX
I got the system disks stolen while travelling. Any Panther or Tiger will install easily in the OSXC partitions I have, the machines, there is some kind of soft lock preventing the regular OS9 system Software disks to install in the OS9 parts of the my drives- So I am now unable to reinstal and booth from system 9.
I tried it all partioning the HD, leaving it as is .... but nothing happens. As soon as I insert any System 9 install disk the computer rejects it telling me is not for that machine, and booting from CD is not happening either with a similar message.
I am unable to locate reploacement disks anywhere and Apple here in Taiwan is silent on this matter, what to do?
Thanks
PowerPC G4/1.25 DP (Mirrored Drive Doors) dual 1.25 GHz PowerPC 7455 (G4)   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

Answer 1

Hi, Dante!
I have no idea what your unpublished comment was concerning ethics, support, or whatever, but this is a user forum which largely consists of people from all around the world who are citizens of many countries. As such, it's really not a soap box for attacking the ethics or morality of fellow members, their countries, their backgrounds, or their beliefs. The folks who responded to your inquiry did so both voluntarily and for your benefit, while trying to consider your best interests. Responding by inferring that the people who earnestly offered to assist you lack ethics in their standard view of things indeed strikes me as an undeserved insult of them.
That being said, perhaps one of the following approaches might work better for you, while sparing you from having to deal with any allegedly unethical peoples of one nation or another:
You might just file a police report and wait for your local police to find and return the missing discs.
Alternately, you might consider publishing a public appeal to the morality of person that took them, particularly if they were stolen in an "ethical" country during your travels.
You could also file a claim with your insurance company and use your reimbursement to buy replacement discs or maybe even flags to burn.
Gary
1GHz DP G4 Quicksilver 2002, 400MHz B&W rev.2 G3, Mac SE30   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   5G iPod, Epson 2200 & R300 & LW Select 360 Printers, Epson 3200 Scanner