IMac DV G3 firmware/OS 9 install
Just wondering if anyone can advise me on this as I'm getting a little lost as to what I need to do or how to do it. I've just got my hands on an old but mint condition iMac DV (G3 M5521) 500Mhz with 30Gb HD and 256 RAM (it also has the slot-loading DVD). Anyway a bit of research has confirmed that I can upgrade this as far as Tiger with a RAM upgrade to 1Gb). However, it is currently running OS X 10.2.8. When I try to put in my OS X 10.3 upgrade it tells me that I need to update the iMac's firmware (Firmware update 4.1.9). I can only do this in an OS 9 environment though not while booting in OS X. I have tried to install OS 9.2.1 off a friend's CD but got the error 'Classic startup found no system folder on the boot volume from which to start Classic'. I then realised I would probably need to partition the HD so that I could have one partition for OS X and one for OS 9. I'm fine with the partitioning the HD but I have no idea where to go from there or whether I can actually install from the 9.2.1 disc. Can anyone help me?
Hi, Ray -
I have tried to install OS 9.2.1 off a friend's CD but got the error 'Classic startup found no system folder on the boot volume from which to start Classic'....
That message indicates you tried to run the installer on the CD while the machine was still booted to OSX. The OS 9 installers on all OS 9 install CDs will work only when the machine is booted to OS 9, typically the OS 9 on the CD itself.
The solution would be to boot the machine to the CD. To do this, with the CD in the drive, restart, immediately press the C key, keep it held down until you know the machine has started to load the OS on the CD. Booting to a CD takes significantly longer than booting to an OS on a hard drive, so wait it out.
...whether I can actually install from the 9.2.1 disc.
Provided the CD is a retail one (white label with a large gold 9), it should work fine.
If it is a model-specific disk (grey or blue-grey label, states a machine model on the label), it probably will not work.
I then realised I would probably need to partition the HD so that I could have one partition for OS X and one for OS 9.
It is not necessary to partition the hard drive; both OS's (OSX and OS 9) are designed to co-exist on the same volume. However, there are advantages to having each OS on its own volume (volume = an unpartitioned drive, or a partition of a partitioned drive).
If you're willing to do that, you can do it while booted to the OS 9 Install CD. Note - partitoning a drive will erase all data currently on it, so be sure to back up anything you do not want to lose to another disk.
This article can help you partiton the drive using OS 9's Drive Setup utility -
Using Drive Setup
Be sure to select Mac OS Extended as the format.
I would suggest setting no more than 10GB for the OS 9 partition; 5GB will be probably be enough provided you do not intend to use OS 9 for disk-space intensive work, such as audio editing or movie making.
If you plan to spend most of your time and effort in OSX, then make it the first partion (top one in the list) and OS 9 the second one. Reason - the first partition will be the fastest one for read/write purposes.
It is possible that when you boot the machine to the OS 9 Install CD that the hard drive's icon will not be available (mounted) on the desktop. This usually means that the drive was last formatted using OSX's Disk Utility, and the option to install OS 9 drivers was not selected.
The solution for that is to reformat the drive. And, if you need to do that, you can choose to partition it at that time.
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