Using firewire to install Classic 9.2.2

I had the instructions for transferring Classic from one Mac to another using a firewire cable, but lost them. I remember setting up 1 computer in target mode, but can't figure out the rest. I want to transfer Classic from my miniMac to a new G4 iBook. Would appreciate directions.
iBook Mac OS X (10.4)

Hi, Anne -
Using Firewire Target Disk Mode, the hard drive on the Target machine will appear as if it were an external firewire hard drive on the Host machine. Files can then be copied from one drive to the other normally.
Article #58583 - Firewire Target Disk Mode
Unless you have a specific need to replicate an exact duplicate of the Mac Mini's Classic on the new G4 iBook, you may be better off using the disks that came with the iBook to install Classic. One of these Apple KBase articles may help in doing that, depending what OS came on your iBook -
Article #151871 - Mac OS X 10.3: Installing Classic
Article #301408 - Using Restore discs with computers that ship w/ OSX 10.3.7 or later
Article #86775 - Install Mac OS 9 to Use Classic Applications

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G'day Brannyth,
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2431?viewlocale=en_US
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I have reciently been messing with my old iMac G3 DV (192ram, 60GB, 400mhz, 9.2.2), and am curious about running it in target mode.
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Seek your advice camrades. Googled for solution but found no clear answer.
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HELP - How do you install classic without erasing OS 10.4.8

Please help....I just replaced my PowerBook G4 with a new MacBook and would like to pass the G4 down to my daughter. Most of the games that she uses are in classic from her old Imac. My G4 came with classic but I had to reinstall OSX a while ago and never put classic back in. I can't get it to boot from any OS CD that I have, please advise.
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The Classic files for your PowerBook G4 are on the original install DVD that came with it.
A Panther (10.3.x) install set of DVD/CDs most probably?
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andrews424, Welcome to the discussion area!
See a brody's user tip "Restoring Mac OS 9 on a bootable Mac".
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Hi, Brett -
That is often an effective solution, when OS 9 is available on another drive or machine, and all that is needed is the availability of Classic.
Unlike OSX, an OS 9 System Folder can be copied via a Finder copy process (drag and drop) and still retain full functionality.
However... if the receiving machine is OS 9 bootable, and the need is not only for Classic but also for a bootable OS 9 System Folder, copying such a folder from a different model Mac will rarely work. Unless specific steps are taken to perform a universal install of OS 9, an OS 9 install will be tailored to the machine it is installed upon - it will be model-specific to that machine.

Using Firewire devices with your MacBook

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The current white Macbook and the Macbook Pro has Firewire.
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Problem: I was accustomed to having access to MacOS 9 "Classic" mode before the install. Does the Tiger installation DVD offer a way to install "Classic" onto the hard drive? If so, how?
Also: will the new Intel-driven Macs allow Tiger to launch "Classic" mode at all?

Just out of curiousity I opened my Tiger Install disk 1 with Pacifist. I then used its Find function to search for "Classic Startup". There is a Classic Startup.app on the disk. It was in the Essentials.pkg. The only thing I can think is you don't have an OS 9 System Folder installed. I posted a link in a preceding post to a link referring to this. This is different from the OS X System folder, which says System & has a blue X on its icon. The OS 9 System Folder says "System Folder" with "Folder" capitalized. It has an orange 9 on it.
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