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OS9 Restore/Install - 2006/07/24 20:34Trying to install/restore os9 system software on a G4/450. Using disks that came with the system, booting from disk will not allow mouse or keyboard function, and regular boot while trying to restore from cd says that I have to restore on something other than the startup disk (why? only have one drive). Also, just trying to reinstall the software-also says can't install to that volume.
Very bad day...need some advice.
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stewieno1
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Re:OS9 Restore/Install - 2006/07/24 21:08Are you doing a clean install after wiping the Hard Drive ? If you aren't , then you may have a corrupted drive or files and I would suggest backing up all you files then wipe the drive, run a disc tool like Discwarrior then install from there, Cheers, Stewie
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Dum Bunny
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Re:OS9 Restore/Install - 2006/07/24 21:26Tried to use disk warrior, but the computer won't recognize that particular disk in the cd drive. Very strange.
Have never wiped a drive before and kind of shy. It's my mom's box. Would hate to mess it up...
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titusstar
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Re:OS9 Restore/Install - 2006/07/25 18:41Do you have a copy of Norton Utilities?? 5 or 6, I cannot remember the version, but for Mac OS 9 it always did the trick for me. Caused big problems with OS X, but for 9 it is great.
Titus
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krowmagnum
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Re:OS9 Restore/Install - 2006/07/25 20:05What kind of mouse & kb are you using ?
Best thing to do is boot from install CD and do a fresh install after initializing (erasing) the hard drive. You can find a Utilities folder on the start-up CD. Just save any files and bookmarks, etc... you don't want to loose. After erasing the drive you can install a fresh OS with no issues. Unless your drive has problems this should correct any issues and empty out accumulated junk files no longer used or needed.
The reason you cannot install on the volume is becasue you already have an OS there. You need to erase the OS to install it or you can do a clean install in "custom" if I remember correctly. There's an option somewhere in the install process.
A clean install will replace the System folder with a new one and saves all your files. But you end up with a "previous system folder" and have to transfer needed application extensions and control panels to the new System folder before trashing it.
I would erase and install to avoid any future problems.
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