#Os x free download for power mac g4 mac os
#Os x free download for power mac g4 install

#Os x free download for power mac g4 install

To recap, you can drag the original OS 9 installed folders from the subfolder you created to the root of a freshly formatted partition without the need to ever install off CD again. Also, it can be used to create an external bootable FireWire drive (avoid external USB drives since they crawl under OS 9 due to the USB 1.0 limitation). It can be utilized to drag to other volumes (which is useful in the event of a crash or if you occasionally have to defrag your boot volume). This “fresh drag” install should be created before installing any user applications. At this point, it is a good idea to archive the entire fresh install of the Applications (Mac OS 9), Documents, and System folders by copying these folders from the root to a new backup sub folder. Optionally, you can now install the 9.2.2 patch (mentioned above).

This retail CD is not Mac specific and will work on dozens of models, hence the “universal” reference.

#Os x free download for power mac g4 mac os

Step one is to acquire a Mac OS 9.2.1 Universal Install CD (White CD with Orange 9) from eBay for about $30 to $40.

Do you like your hard drive Super-sized ?.

To clarify, if you are putting a 500GB in you Mac, simply break it into 3 partitions of 120GB for the OS, 190GB, and 190GB (format all volumes Mac OS Extended). We also recommend that you keep your partitions to sizes of 190GB or less or OS 9 will not boot and Norton Speed Disk V6.03 will not be able to defrag it.

As far as the Mac OS revision, you will be stuck with Mac OS 9.2.2 only, as it contains Apple Drive Setup V2.1 that will be needed to format and partition drives greater than 128GB. Also, Titanium PowerBooks of 800, 867 and 1 Ghz will work nicely. We have tested the following Macs and they can see hard drives of up to 500GB within Mac OS 9.2.2: Power Mac G4 QuickSilver 733, 800, Dual 800, 867, 933, and Dual 1 GHz with logic board 820-1342-B (QS logic board 820-1276-A will NOT work and peak out at 128 GB), and all Power Mac G4 MDD models are a go (except for the FW800 models since they will NOT boot to OS 9 directly). What the hell is that, you ask? Well, it is the ability of the Mac to see the total number of heads, cylinders, and sectors of large hard drives. If you intend to use hard drives larger than 128GB under OS 9, then be aware that you will need a Mac with an IDE controller that is 48-bit LBA compliant.