Install osx over os 9

After the install you can eject the CD, unmount the read-only copy and tell the classic to stop and then boot from the new installed copy of OS 9 on the OS X disk. So to recap, copy the system folder from the CD onto read-write media, and let classic update it. Move it to a read-only disk image and have classic boot from that, and then run the OS 9 installer to install itself to whatever target disk you need or want.

So here we go. I was able to create the read-only disk image from the system folder from the 9. How do I boot from the image? The first thing to do is determine what type of Mac OS 9 installation disc you are using.

First, if you have a bootable Mac OS 9 Software Restore CD, Apple recommends that you erase your hard drive and start with a clean install to perform the multi-disc restore as described in Knowledge Base article However, if you don't need to boot Mac OS 9 but only need to run the Classic environment, you can work around having to do a clean install via the following process:.

If you have a standalone Mac OS 9 retail CD, you can try the same steps listed for the restoration disc, though you may run into issues depending on how new your Mac model is. Caveat: Mac OS X In that case, you will need to perform an erase and install of Mac OS X Hit Return or Enter to search. Download and install older versions of OS X on a Mac. Igor Degtiarenko. Writer and blogger at MacPaw, curious just about everything.

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