Classic and OS 10.3.9

Hi I have a G4 with OS 10.3.9 installed but I have some old games that require Classic that my son is begging me to play.
Is there a way to "add" classic without erasing or installing over os 10.3.9? And if so, HOW DO YOU DO IT??
I finally have itunes and everything just how I want it, I'd hate to screw it all up for some old games.
I also have an old Powermac 8300 that I'm not using...
is there a way to piggy-back that, and install classic on it?
That's probably OVER MY HEAD, but I was just thinking...

Hi, acsc -
Machine Model: Power Mac G3 (PCI graphics)
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.6)
There's a bit of a conflict in the info given there - "G3" vs. "G4".
Your model may be a G4 (PCI Graphics) model, and Apple System Profiler is confused (it sometimes can be) - the G4 (PCI) models are not much more than a G3 B&W with a different processor and case color.
G4 (PCI) models originally came with OS 8.6; later models in that series may have come with OS 9.0.4 (probably a model-specific version). In either case it can certainly use a retail OS 9.1 Install CD or a retail OS 9.2.1 Install CD in order to install OS 9/Classic.
Since you want to be able to use the install as Classic, you would need to end up with OS 9.1 or later (OS 9.1 is the minimum version of OS 9 usable as Classic - OS 9.2.x provides better compatibility when used as Classic).You can use a retail OS 9.1 Install CD, and use download updaters as needed; but I would suggest getting a retail OS 9.2.1 Install CD since using that would eliminate one large download.
Boot to the retail OS 9 Install CD and run the installer. Select to do a Clean Install - doing so will not remove anything, but will avoid a problem where the installer can mistake an OSX folder as being an OS 9 system folder of unknown version.
Article #58176 - Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9: Performing a Clean Installation
Accept the normal (default) install - no need to do a custom install. Once the installation is complete, boot to it to verify it's okay. Use Startup Disk control panel to select that.
If it boots okay, then the next time you boot to OSX it can be designated as Classic. You do that via the Classic control panel in OSX's System Preferences - your version of OSX may need to update some files in the OS 9 System Folder; it will take care of that when you select that OS 9 System Folder as Classic.
Note (1) - Once OS 9 has been installed, it can be used as OS 9 (meaning as the OS the machine is booted to), or as Classic (meaning as a program while the machine is booted to OSX). You can switch back and forth by using Startup Disk control panel/pane to choose the OS you wish to use after the next restart.
The Startup Disk control panel that comes with OS 9.1 is not capable of 'seeing' OSX as a valid boot OS, and so can not be used to switch the machine's boot OS to OSX for the next boot. The solution for that is to update the OS 9.1 to OS 9.2.x; or, download and install an updated Startup Disk control panel -
Startup Disk 9.2.1 Document and Software
You can also use a keyboard command to direct the machine to boot to OSX at startup - as soon as the machine is booted or restarted, about the time the startup chime sounds press the X key and keep it held down until the machine has started to boot to OSX.
Note (2) - when you boot the machine to the OS 9 Install CD, it can happen that the hard drive is not visible on the desktop. If this occurs it indicates that the drive was last initialized and formatted using OSX's Disk Utility, and the option to install OS 9 drivers was not selected.
Article #106849 - Disk Is Available in Mac OS X But Not in Mac OS 9
That article mentions one possibility of recovering from that situation - using Drive Setup while booted to the OS 9 Install CD to Update Driver via that item in the Functions menu. Unfortunately that seldom works, and the only choice then would be to re-initialize the drive, being sure to select the option to install OS 9 drivers - this erases the drive, so be sure your data is backed up before proceeding to do it.

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