No Harddrive when booting from OS 9.2.1 CD on G4 MDD 1.25 Dual
I also have a G4, 1.25 GHz dual processor running OS X 10.2.8 and 9.2.1 updated to 9.2.2, 1 GB RAM.
When booting from OS 9.2.1 CD (came with the computer) I do not see any harddrive. Need to reinstall OS 9 for some classic applications.
Drivesetup can not find any disc to format.
Any idea?
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Hi, kai -
Welcome to Apple's Discussions.
An OS 9-bootable G4 MDD model requires OS 9.2.2 as the minimum OS. Apparently some models of G4's which require OS 9.2.2 can in fact boot to some OS 9.2.1 Install CDs, but that is all - they can not run the installer or do much else.
Your G4 MDD model originally shipped with a combo set of install disks; none shipped originally with a separate OS 9 Install CD (the last G4's to do so were QuickSilver models). You can ise that set of disks to re-install OS 9 (Classic).
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There can also be an issue with what bus a hard drive is on. As I understand it, in order see a hard drive on the ATA/100 bus on a G4 MDD model when booted to an OS 9 Install CD, the System Folder on the CD must contain the file Mac OS ROM in version 9.5.1 or later. No OS 9.2.1 Install CD (or earlier version) contains that file version.
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