How do you run OS 9 on a more modern Mac (2006+)?

Is there a way?

GioB50 wrote:
I have an iMac G3, but no install discs. But I do have all of the files for OS 9 including; ROM file, applications, and all of the other system files/preferences. Is there any way I could use these to some how install or boot to OS 9?
Thanks
Probably not. Although OS 9 (and earlier) was not as sensitive to install methods as OS X is, and would rarely object when a manual install or replacement of system file(s) was done, the default install of OS 9 was a model-specific install - meaning the installer would customize the install to match the specific hardware of the machine it was installed onto, and the resulting install would usually not be capable of booting a machine with different hardware.
There was a way around this - do a Universal Install. All retail (white label) OS 9 Install CDs could perform a Universal Installation, and many original ostensibly model-specific Software Install CDs for OS 9 could do that also, if you knew to look for it.
Unless the OS 9 system files you have are either ones from a model the same as the iMac you want to use it on, or are from a Universal Install of OS 9, the set probably won't work for your purposes.
Specifically, if they were copied from the System Folder on a bootable CD (such as an OS 9 installer disk), they will not work - the System Folder on such CDs is specialized, usable only when booting from the CD.
But I do have all of the files for OS 9 including ... all of the other system files/preferences.
If you mean you have a complete System Folder, in OS 9 that can be copied as a whole (via drag-n-drop) and remain usable; no need to copy it in pieces. Such a copied System Folder should work fine, provided it is compatible with the iMac G3.
Note, though, that this copying should be done using a machine booted to OS 9 in order to preserve the integrity of the files; even OS X does not always preserve File Type and Creator codes.

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