How to install Classic on Mac OS X 10.4.10

I have recently installed a MacOS X 10.4.3 on an iMac DV,
and upgraded it successfully to 10.4.10.
I was carefull to partition my disk including the OS9 drivers
during the MacOS X 10.4.3 installation process
(through Disk Utility).
I have a MacOS 9.1 install CD.
I started my iMac from this CD, but it doesn't show
my disk.
How may I install Classic on my MacOS 10.4.10?
I know it's possible!
I'm running it everyday on 2 other Macs I've upgraded
from 10.4.9.
Unfortunatelly, I didn't keep a written receipe
of how I managed it (shame on me!, and anyway it was
a long and non human path from 10.2 to 10.3 to 10.4
through all the updates).
dan

daniel Azuelos wrote:
Charles Dyer wrote:
daniel Azuelos wrote:
I have recently installed a MacOS X 10.4.3 on an iMac DV,
and upgraded it successfully to 10.4.10.
I was carefull to partition my disk including the OS9 drivers
during the MacOS X 10.4.3 installation process
(through Disk Utility).
I have a MacOS 9.1 install CD.
That should work.
I started my iMac from this CD, but it doesn't show
my disk.
That's unusual.
How may I install Classic on my MacOS 10.4.10?
Normally I'd say do what you just did. In fact, that's how I've installed Classic on older PPC Macs in the past.
Is this OS 9.1 CD either a generic (white) CD or the CD which shipped with the iMac?
I can't tell if its a generic or specific one, because I always
bought any new version of the system. Nothing specifying which
kind of CD is written on this CD. It's a mostly white CD with
a huge orange 9.
The white OS 9 CD is usually a generic 9.x CD. Later versions are usually 9.1 or 9.2. The CD which ships with a Mac is usually coloured: green or gray or blue or some other colour.
I found a workaround: I copied the "System Folder" from the
last backup on MacOS X 10.3.9 on "/". I then started up "System
Preferences" and "Classic" was among them and I've been able to
select the freshly copied "System Folder" to start Classic
from.
Copying over the _OS 9_ System Folder will usually work, so long as you don't copy the System Folder from a CD. Copying the _OS X_ System folder (note small 'f') will not work.
After a few tests all my files necessary to make my work
were again available and opened with the right application.
Nice to know that all is well.
dan

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