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  Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-05 09:10 -0800
    Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-05 18:04 +0000
    Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-05 10:14 -0800
      Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-05 19:04 +0000
      Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-01-06 17:12 +0000
        Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-06 11:38 -0800
          Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-06 21:59 +0000
    Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-06 09:50 -0800
    Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-01-07 12:27 +1100
    Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-07 08:01 -0800
      Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-07 16:39 +0000
      Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2014-01-08 06:52 +0100
        Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-07 23:08 -0800
        Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-08 13:42 -0500
          Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-08 18:54 +0000
            Re: Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-08 14:27 -0500

#54365 — Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK

Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK. I do not have the original CDs for installing OS 9.2.2 which this IBook was the first that needed the 9.2.2 and not just 9.2.1! I have homemade installer discs for both 10.3 and 10.4 that work on my Blue and White G3 and an IMac Graphite computer. I am assuming that the OS 10 discs will work to install OS 10 on the IBook. The 10.4 discs I got from an Apple store employee that I assume are the generic disc that should work on most machines.
It’s the OS 9 I not sure will work because it OS 9.2.1. I do have the update for that to 9.2.2. Do you think I will be able to install Os 10.3 or 104 and then install Os 9 and be able to run the update before it actually has to boot into OS 9 which it can’t as I think I have read correctly. Does the OS 9 install get done while 10 is running and it does not try to boot off the Hard drive before I could update to 9.2.2. It was so long ago that I installed both OS 10 and 9 for classic and pure Os 9 booting on the aforementioned computers I forget exactly how I did it. Do you boot into 9 off of the CD to install for classic? Am I right that first 10 gets installed then 9?
It works fine now but was from a school and there is an account that is hidden and password protected and I just want to wipe it all clean and start anew for it was last installed in 2007.
I bought an IBook on eBay form a non tech guy who got a bunch of them from an online high school in Texas. It’s an Apple iBook G3/800 (Early 2003 - Opaque White) with a 24x CD-ROM drive. Order No M8758LL/A Model No A1005 (EMC N/A) Subfamily 800 MHz 32 VRAM and with an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 graphics
The Original OS was Mac OS 9.2.2 and Mac OS X 10.2.4 and like I said above as far as I can tell it was the first IBook that had to run OS 9.2.2 only.
I see a lot of gray installer cds on eBay for sale with 0S9.2.2.
Besides my question as to order of OS 9 install and updating it to OS 9.2.2. Is there a site apples or other that can tell me the part numbers of the original or other newer workable installer CDs that will work with this model?

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#54370

DJW wrote:
> Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK. I do not have the original CDs for installing OS 9.2.2 which this IBook was the first that needed the 9.2.2 and not just 9.2.1! I have homemade installer discs for both 10.3 and 10.4 that work on my Blue and White G3 and an IMac Graphite computer. I am assuming that the OS 10 discs will work to install OS 10 on the IBook. The 10.4 discs I got from an Apple store employee that I assume are the generic disc that should work on most machines.
> It?s the OS 9 I not sure will work because it OS 9.2.1. I do have the update for that to 9.2.2. Do you think I will be able to install Os 10.3 or 104 and then install Os 9 and be able to run the update before it actually has to boot into OS 9 which it can?t as I think I have read correctly. Does the OS 9 install get done while 10 is running and it does not try to boot off the Hard drive before I could update to 9.2.2. It was so long ago that I installed both OS 10 and 9 for classic and pure Os 9 booting on the aforementioned computers I forget exactly how I did it. Do you boot into 9 off of the CD to install for classic? Am I right that first 10 gets installed then 9?
> It works fine now but was from a school and there is an account that is hidden and password protected and I just want to wipe it all clean and start anew for it was last installed in 2007.
> I bought an IBook on eBay form a non tech guy who got a bunch of them from an online high school in Texas. It?s an Apple iBook G3/800 (Early 2003 - Opaque White) with a 24x CD-ROM drive. Order No M8758LL/A Model No A1005 (EMC N/A) Subfamily 800 MHz 32 VRAM and with an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 graphics
> The Original OS was Mac OS 9.2.2 and Mac OS X 10.2.4 and like I said above as far as I can tell it was the first IBook that had to run OS 9.2.2 only.
> I see a lot of gray installer cds on eBay for sale with 0S9.2.2.
> Besides my question as to order of OS 9 install and updating it to OS 9.2.2. Is there a site apples or other that can tell me the part numbers of the original or other newer workable installer CDs that will work with this model?

As far as I can remember the last retail version of 9 was 9.2.1. There would
be a gray 9.2.2 installer disk for that laptop, and only that laptop. 
Finding the correct one will be a real problem. You have to identify the
exact number of the disk and find one that matches it.

To boot OS9 and OSX, you need to install OS9 first. Then you install OSX over
it. The you have dual boot and classic, once you open the classic control
panel and set it up.

To boot only OSX, you need the 10.3 or 10.4 CDs since you have a 
CD only drive. 10.4 CDs were never sold retail, you had to buy a DVD and
send it and postage back to Appple to exchange it for a CD set.

Once you have OSX installed, you can insert an OS 9.2.1 retail CD and
it will install itself for classic mode. It will then install the OS9.2.2
update.

Note that if I have the model correct, then LowEndMac says it will boot
OS 9.2.1:

http://lowendmac.com/pb2/12in-ibook-g3-900-apr-2003.html

The page title is 900 but it also covers the 800/CD ones too.

Easiest thing to do is to put the 9.2.1 disk in the drive and hold down
C when it boots. Then try to run the installer. If you don't actually want
to install it, quit the installer before it starts the actual install.

Geoff.

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#54373

In article <1e9f203f-b715-4f52-b1b9-0f787c22f277@googlegroups.com>,
 DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK. I do not have the original CDs 
> for installing OS 9.2.2 which this IBook was the first that needed the 9.2.2 
> and not just 9.2.1! I have homemade installer discs for both 10.3 and 10.4 
> that work on my Blue and White G3 and an IMac Graphite computer. I am 
> assuming that the OS 10 discs will work to install OS 10 on the IBook. The 
> 10.4 discs I got from an Apple store employee that I assume are the generic 
> disc that should work on most machines.
> Itšs the OS 9 I not sure will work because it OS 9.2.1. I do have the update 
> for that to 9.2.2. Do you think I will be able to install Os 10.3 or 104 and 
> then install Os 9 and be able to run the update before it actually has to 
> boot into OS 9 which it canšt as I think I have read correctly. Does the OS 9 
> install get done while 10 is running and it does not try to boot off the Hard 
> drive before I could update to 9.2.2. It was so long ago that I installed 
> both OS 10 and 9 for classic and pure Os 9 booting on the aforementioned 
> computers I forget exactly how I did it. Do you boot into 9 off of the CD to 
> install for classic? Am I right that first 10 gets installed then 9?
> It works fine now but was from a school and there is an account that is 
> hidden and password protected and I just want to wipe it all clean and start 
> anew for it was last installed in 2007.
> I bought an IBook on eBay form a non tech guy who got a bunch of them from an 
> online high school in Texas. Itšs an Apple iBook G3/800 (Early 2003 - Opaque 
> White) with a 24x CD-ROM drive. Order No M8758LL/A Model No A1005 (EMC N/A) 
> Subfamily 800 MHz 32 VRAM and with an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 graphics
> The Original OS was Mac OS 9.2.2 and Mac OS X 10.2.4 and like I said above as 
> far as I can tell it was the first IBook that had to run OS 9.2.2 only.
> I see a lot of gray installer cds on eBay for sale with 0S9.2.2.
> Besides my question as to order of OS 9 install and updating it to OS 9.2.2. 
> Is there a site apples or other that can tell me the part numbers of the 
> original or other newer workable installer CDs that will work with this 
> model?

Apple started making hardware-specific install disks to prevent you from 
doing just what you describe.  The gray system install disks only work 
on the machine for which they are made.  So the 9.2.1 Install Disk for 
my G4 would not work on your iBook. You would need to buy the original 
iBook replacement install disks from Apple if they're available or from 
eBay.  Be sure to get the disks that are for your iBook model.

After Apple started selling their OS install disks for 10.{3,4,5,6}, 
they packaged those with white disks.  Those will install on any 
machine.  Apple sold those disks and some have become quite rare going 
for hundreds of dollars on eBay.

Install 10.4.11, which is the last version of MacOS that will run on 
your system.  Then install OS 9 on the machine and you'll be able to run 
Classic applications under MacOS X and dual boot OS 9 or MacOS X.

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#54378

Michael Vilain wrote:
>
> Install 10.4.11, which is the last version of MacOS that will run on 
> your system.  Then install OS 9 on the machine and you'll be able to run 
> Classic applications under MacOS X and dual boot OS 9 or MacOS X.
>
Wow, I never knew that, thanks. I've always used the OSX disk tools/utility
to format the drive and selected the install OS9 drivers, then installed
OS9, then OSX.

That saves a lot of steps.

Thanks,

Geoff.

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#54443

Michael Vilain <vilain@nospamcop.net> wrote:
> Apple started making hardware-specific install disks to prevent you from 
> doing just what you describe.  The gray system install disks only work 
> on the machine for which they are made.  So the 9.2.1 Install Disk for 
> my G4 would not work on your iBook.

That's not completely true; I've had luck using an eMac's install disc 
on an iBook, and a G4 iMac's install disc on an eMac. Not all of them 
work, but many do.

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#54449

In article <laeo61$hma$1@dont-email.me>, me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) 
wrote:

> Michael Vilain <vilain@nospamcop.net> wrote:
> > Apple started making hardware-specific install disks to prevent you from 
> > doing just what you describe.  The gray system install disks only work 
> > on the machine for which they are made.  So the 9.2.1 Install Disk for 
> > my G4 would not work on your iBook.
> 
> That's not completely true; I've had luck using an eMac's install disc 
> on an iBook, and a G4 iMac's install disc on an eMac. Not all of them 
> work, but many do.

Well, there's a difference between buying something you _know_ will work 
that's built to run on any machine and buying something that _may_ work 
(gods, Apple, and architecture willing).  I suppose if it's $5 plus $5 
postage, it'd be worth the risk.  That's up to the OP.  But knowing that 
the gray disks are specific to specific types of machines without some 
sort of compatibility matrix ahead of time seems like a crap shoot to 
me. Only Apple knows how many platform-specific versions of the install 
disk they made. Now the OP knows that it might be better to get the 
disks from Apple than on eBay.

On a side note, there are some resellers that sell old software disks.

http://www.megamacs.com/macos.php

I have no idea if the OEM 9.2.2 disks will work.  The gray iMac 10.4 
disks probably won't.

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#54460

Michael Vilain wrote:
>
> I have no idea if the OEM 9.2.2 disks will work.  The gray iMac 10.4 
> disks probably won't.
>

The biggest problem that I see is that the gray disks were all DVDs.
The OP's iBook only has a CD drive.

There were no Macs sold with CD only drives by the time 10.4 came out.

Apple never sold retail 10.4 disks. In order to get a set (there are 4),
you had to buy a retail DVD, and send it back to Apple with postage.

Then they would send you a set. 

OS9 was all CD's except for a DVD of 9.2.2 for classic installation. It
had many localized versions of OS9. It was NOT bootable. I don't think it
was shipped with OSX, but it might have been with the last G4's.

Geoff.

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#54445

As far as I can remember the last retail version of 9 was 9.2.1. There would
be a gray 9.2.2 installer disk for that laptop, and only that laptop.
Finding the correct one will be a real problem. You have to identify the
exact number of the disk and find one that matches it.

To boot OS9 and OSX, you need to install OS9 first. Then you install OSX over
it. The you have dual boot and classic, once you open the classic control
panel and set it up.

To boot only OSX, you need the 10.3 or 10.4 CDs since you have a
CD only drive. 10.4 CDs were never sold retail, you had to buy a DVD and
send it and postage back to Appple to exchange it for a CD set.

Once you have OSX installed, you can insert an OS 9.2.1 retail CD and
it will install itself for classic mode. It will then install the OS9.2.2
update.

Note that if I have the model correct, then LowEndMac says it will boot
OS 9.2.1:

http://lowendmac.com/pb2/12in-ibook-g3-900-apr-2003.html

The page title is 900 but it also covers the 800/CD ones too.

Easiest thing to do is to put the 9.2.1 disk in the drive and hold down
C when it boots. Then try to run the installer. If you don't actually want
to install it, quit the installer before it starts the actual insta

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#54463

On Sun, 5 Jan 2014 09:10:44 -0800 (PST), DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK. I do not have the original
>CDs for installing OS 9.2.2 which this IBook was the first that needed
>the 9.2.2 and not just 9.2.1! I have homemade installer discs for both
>10.3 and 10.4 that work on my Blue and White G3 and an IMac Graphite
>computer. I am assuming that the OS 10 discs will work to install OS
>10 on the IBook. The 10.4 discs I got from an Apple store employee
>that I assume are the generic disc that should work on most machines.
>It’s the OS 9 I not sure will work because it OS 9.2.1. I do have the
>update for that to 9.2.2. Do you think I will be able to install Os
>10.3 or 104 and then install Os 9 and be able to run the update before
>it actually has to boot into OS 9 which it can’t as I think I have
>read correctly. Does the OS 9 install get done while 10 is running and
>it does not try to boot off the Hard drive before I could update to
>9.2.2. It was so long ago that I installed both OS 10 and 9 for
>classic and pure Os 9 booting on the aforementioned computers I forget
>exactly how I did it. Do you boot into 9 off of the CD to install for
>classic? Am I right that first 10 gets installed then 9?
>It works fine now but was from a school and there is an account that
>is hidden and password protected and I just want to wipe it all clean
>and start anew for it was last installed in 2007.
>I bought an IBook on eBay form a non tech guy who got a bunch of them
>from an online high school in Texas. It’s an Apple iBook G3/800 (Early
>2003 - Opaque White) with a 24x CD-ROM drive. Order No M8758LL/A Model
>No A1005 (EMC N/A) Subfamily 800 MHz 32 VRAM and with an ATI Mobility
>Radeon 7500 graphics
>The Original OS was Mac OS 9.2.2 and Mac OS X 10.2.4 and like I said
>above as far as I can tell it was the first IBook that had to run OS
>9.2.2 only.
>I see a lot of grey installer cds on eBay for sale with 0S9.2.2.
>Besides my question as to order of OS 9 install and updating it to OS
>9.2.2. Is there a site apples or other that can tell me the part
>numbers of the original or other newer workable installer CDs that
>will work with this model?

www.everymac.com is a good source for that sort of information.
OSX 10.2.8 will install on my G3 Powerbook 233 Mhz so it will
certainly work on your iBook.

- 
If you don't like what I say you can go know yourself!

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#54480

On Sunday, January 5, 2014 11:10:44 AM UTC-6, DJW wrote:
> Need to do a clean install on an old IBOOK. I do not have the original CDs for installing OS 9.2.2 which this IBook was the first that needed the 9.2.2 and not just 9.2.1! I have homemade installer discs for both 10.3 and 10.4 that work on my Blue and White G3 and an IMac Graphite computer. I am assuming that the OS 10 discs will work to install OS 10 on the IBook. The 10.4 discs I got from an Apple store employee that I assume are the generic disc that should work on most machines.
> 
> It’s the OS 9 I not sure will work because it OS 9.2.1. I do have the update for that to 9.2.2. Do you think I will be able to install Os 10.3 or 104 and then install Os 9 and be able to run the update before it actually has to boot into OS 9 which it can’t as I think I have read correctly. Does the OS 9 install get done while 10 is running and it does not try to boot off the Hard drive before I could update to 9.2.2. It was so long ago that I installed both OS 10 and 9 for classic and pure Os 9 booting on the aforementioned computers I forget exactly how I did it. Do you boot into 9 off of the CD to install for classic? Am I right that first 10 gets installed then 9?
> 
> It works fine now but was from a school and there is an account that is hidden and password protected and I just want to wipe it all clean and start anew for it was last installed in 2007.
> 
> I bought an IBook on eBay form a non tech guy who got a bunch of them from an online high school in Texas. It’s an Apple iBook G3/800 (Early 2003 - Opaque White) with a 24x CD-ROM drive. Order No M8758LL/A Model No A1005 (EMC N/A) Subfamily 800 MHz 32 VRAM and with an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 graphics
> 
> The Original OS was Mac OS 9.2.2 and Mac OS X 10.2.4 and like I said above as far as I can tell it was the first IBook that had to run OS 9.2.2 only.
> 
> I see a lot of gray installer cds on eBay for sale with 0S9.2.2.
> 
> Besides my question as to order of OS 9 install and updating it to OS 9.2.2. Is there a site apples or other that can tell me the part numbers of the original or other newer workable installer CDs that will work with this model?

First off thanks for the information. All my installer disc both OS 9.2.1 and OS 10.3 and 10.4 are on CD only not DVD. I did try to run the OS 9.2.1 installer CD by c key down at start up and it did boot and seemed to work. I have an external monitor mirrored and it showed a desktop back ground but no mounted volumes or cursor arrow. Not a concern at this point. It seems with all the web investigation I have been doing is that the addition of .2 from 1 had to do with the video hardware in the IBOOK but not sure. I did not try to run the installer due to not being sure at what point I could cancel the install without doing a permanent change to the hard drive. But it seems to work with 9.2.1 other than allowing the external monitor to be totally mirrored. I got the idea it had to have 9.2.2 only to run from:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1835
Look down to iBook (32 VRAM) and or iBook (Early 2003) on the column. This is were I got the idea if I even tried to boot the OS 9.2.1 installer CD I would in all likelihood see a question mark in the center of the screen at startup.

Do I gather that it really does not matter from you first saying OS 9 should be install and then later you said OS 10 first then 9? Will work either way. Like I said if I can install 9.2.1 and then update either before or after 10.3 I would be happy and all OK. Another thought if I used my 10.3 install discs and wiped the hard drive and checked the OS 9 box and then went ahead and installed 10.3 and then later just dragged a copy of the original OS 9 system folder would that work? I dragged copied the OS 9 current system folder over to an external USB hard drive and it copied but does not show as “Blessed” with the 9 logo on the folder. Makes me want to the old days where a simple drag and drop of a system folder onto a volume made it bootable. Have had Macs from early OS 4 to beyond and think I remember up to 8.5 being drag able but not sure about 9. All you may have needed to switch an OS over to a particular machine was a possible enabler file for that machine in the system folder also a drag and droppable thing.

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#54481

DJW wrote:

> Do I gather that it really does not matter from you first saying OS 9 
> should be install and then later you said OS 10 first then 9? Will 
> work either way. Like I said if I can install 9.2.1 and then update 
> either before or after 10.3 I would be happy and all OK. Another 
> thought if I used my 10.3 install discs and wiped the hard drive and 
> checked the OS 9 box and then went ahead and installed 10.3 and then 
> later just dragged a copy of the original OS 9 system folder would 
> that work? I dragged copied the OS 9 current system folder over to an 
> external USB hard drive and it copied but does not show as ?Blessed? 
> with the 9 logo on the folder. Makes me want to the old days where a 
> simple drag and drop of a system folder onto a volume made it 
> bootable. Have had Macs from early OS 4 to beyond and think I remember 
> up to 8.5 being drag able but not sure about 9. All you may have 
> needed to switch an OS over to a particular machine was a possible 
> enabler file for that machine in the system folder also a drag and 
> droppable thing.


What has always worked for me was to format it with the OS X disk utility
and check the OS9 drivers box.

Then install OS9 from a CD.

Then install OSX from a CD or DVD depending upon the computer.

I have only done it the other way once, that was for a G4 Mini I just got,
but it won't boot OS9 anyway. 

Geoff.


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#54502

Salut DJW

In article <904fe7b4-8c2c-4b08-be03-2b2586427d3b@googlegroups.com>,
 DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> wrote:


> I dragged copied the OS 9 current system 
> folder over to an external USB hard drive and it copied but does not show as 
> ³Blessed² with the 9 logo on the folder. 

maybe the iBook G3 in question is not USB bootable.
You might want to try a FireWire drive,

Cheers
Andreas

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#54504

In article <andreas-85040C.06522808012014@news.individual.de>,
 Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> wrote:

> Salut DJW
> 
> In article <904fe7b4-8c2c-4b08-be03-2b2586427d3b@googlegroups.com>,
>  DJW <ddwr@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > I dragged copied the OS 9 current system 
> > folder over to an external USB hard drive and it copied but does not show 
> > as 
> > ³Blessed² with the 9 logo on the folder. 
> 
> maybe the iBook G3 in question is not USB bootable.
> You might want to try a FireWire drive,
> 
> Cheers
> Andreas

Only the Intel machines are USB bootable.  It's Firewire or CD/DVD.

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#54510

In article <andreas-85040C.06522808012014@news.individual.de>, Andreas
Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> wrote:

> > I dragged copied the OS 9 current system 
> > folder over to an external USB hard drive and it copied but does not show
> > as ³Blessed² with the 9 logo on the folder. 
> 
> maybe the iBook G3 in question is not USB bootable.

it isn't, at least not without a *lot* of effort.

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#54512

nospam wrote:
>> maybe the iBook G3 in question is not USB bootable.
>
> it isn't, at least not without a *lot* of effort.

XPostFacto might do it, which probably would qualify for a lot of effort.
:-)

It would boot OS9 off of the local hard drive, and then boot OSX off of 
other drive. I've done it with SCSI, never tried it with USB. (no longer
have the hardware).

Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379

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In article <slrnlcr7dp.osi.gsm@cable.mendelson.com>, Geoffrey S.
Mendelson <gsm@mendelson.com> wrote:

> >> maybe the iBook G3 in question is not USB bootable.
> >
> > it isn't, at least not without a *lot* of effort.
> 
> XPostFacto might do it, which probably would qualify for a lot of effort.
> :-)

if only t were that easy.

you have to tell open firmware the uuid of the drive, and you have to
do that each time you boot. it's not impossible but it's also not at
all practical.

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