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Architecture: PPC
Mac OS 9.2.2 Universal
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Download macos-922-uni.zip
(422.03 MB)
For Mac OS 9
For Mac OS 9
Download emac-ati-drivers-img.sit
(2.40 MB)
For Mac OS 9
For Mac OS 9
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This is a Bootable Universal install CD of Mac OS 9.2.2, US English. Suitable for most G3 & G4 Macintosh models.
[Top DL]: The 9.2.2 universal OS installer CD's archive is a .zip compressed .iso image. It is OK to burn this back to CD using ImgBurn on Windows or Disk Utility on Mac OS X, or Toast on Mac OS 9/X. This archive has been tested as working, prior to uploading.
MD5 checksum & filename: 5ba031dfd678a74b9dee414af93ea514 *macos-922-uni.zip
[2nd DL]: These are the ATI drivers as shipped with the G4 eMac 1.0 GHz with 8x combo drive, from 2003, (M8950LL/A). This was perhaps the final production Macintosh able to boot native to a classic 9.x OS and its installed drivers were newer than whats on this universal install CD. If you install the Mac OS 9.2.2 that's here, onto this model eMac (possibly the eMac ATI 800MHz, also) then you should DL and use these drivers, too.
MD5 checksum & filename: cccb88558aa54eaeaf62c0b79b4baa7f *emac-ati-drivers-img.sit
Architecture: PPC
You can install from this CD onto any of the following computers: Power Mac G4, Power Macintosh G3, iMac, iBook, PowerBook G4, and PowerBook G3 (except the original PowerBook G3).
I have used this to boot up and install to a beige G3 and an eMac G4 OK. This will install onto most early to late model G3 & G4 Macs. However if the Mac cannot boot into OS 9, e.g: Macs with USB 2.0, then this CD will not be of use (as a bootable System Install CD). Check everymac.com for specs if you are unsure if your Mac is capable of booting to Mac OS 9.2.2 or earlier.
- Confirmed working for Mac PPC models:
- Power Macintosh G3 (beige tower) 300MHz
- G3 iBook
- G4 QuickSilver (2002) 800MHz
- G4 eMac ATI 8x combo (M8950LL/A) 1.0GHz
Comments
Have you tried either the eMac (2 versions) or iMac 9.2.2 disks?
Gary-
I just bought a TiBook 1.0ghz too and am having the same problems: it's mainly the peripherals that don't work, particularly AV (Monitors and Sound), but also DVD drive, and putting the computer to sleep. I have found that all 9.2.2 disks will install on any Mac if you can fool the installer, by way of Open Firmware and the BootX file (like XPostFacto does) or modifying the IncompatHW file in the Upgrader Files folder on the Install DVD.
The key to getting OS 9 running properly on any particular Mac model, however, is the versions of the System Folder files you have installed, mostly Extensions, but a few Control Panels, and ESPECIALLY the Mac OS ROM file. The way Apple has modified the various versions of the OS for particular models started with those old System Enablers, but continued with a package called Mac OS CPU Software. Each install disk (or restore disk) that came with each new Mac model had a newer version of the Mac OS CPU Software package. The latest I've heard of (probably the last) was version 5.9. If we could find a complete set of the files in that package for version 5.9 (or even whatever earlier version came on the original 9.2.2 Install disk with the Titanium PowerBook G4 1.0ghz A1025), all that would be needed is to copy just those files over into their proper places in the System Folder.
From what I understand, the Universal 9.2.2 Install CD here has Mac OS CPU Software 4.9 (which includes the Mac OS ROM file v9.2.1), which is too old for a TiBook. I am currently attempting to find various later versions of the CPU Software and try them out on my TiBook. So far I have even found a Mac OS ROM file version 10.2.1 which was part of CPU Software 5.8 (I believe there is even a later ROM file in 5.9). I note that the Mac OS ROM file which came with the 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 upgrader installers from Apple was v.8.7, so that's one reason why my TiBook isn't functioning properly.
All the files we're looking for in the Mac OS CPU Software package are simply later versions (and a few new files) of the ones in the standard OS 9.2.2 Install: Extensions and suchlike for monitors, video, sound, DVD, keyboard, and a few other things, and the Mac OS ROM file of course. If you find any later versions, copy them into your System Folder and see if that solves any problems.
The hardest part is that the images or stuffed files on The Garden are so large to download, when all we need are a few files from the right CPU Software package. I don't have the bandwidth to d/l even a 400meg image, let alone several just to see what version files or package is on it.
But it may be worth it, considering I only paid $65 for my TiBook and I'm just thrilled about my upgrade from the PB G3 Lombard I've had for 8 years.
Finally a new toy! Wanna watch DVDs but something is missing...
Your screen shot matches what I see when I boot the CD Image shown above.
Gary
I would appreciate then if you could double-check. The mounted universal 9.2.2 install CD has the same folder name as the 1st pic shown at the top of this page, "Mac OS 9.2.2".
You could even go through the install process to see if that same error occurs, opting out of installing at the final moment (unless you want to do a full working install, that is).
I would rather be certain that this CD doesn't work for the Ti, than as an assumption.
If you can check this for me, that would be great.
>Is it the "Before You Install" SimpleText doc?
Yes that is the file. If you don't get the same implication as I did it may be due to my mixing up the 3 ISO images I downloaded and burned. I didn't keep track of which one was which very carefully.
Gary
That is odd, Gary, as I've installed this OK onto a 1GHz eMac from 2003 OK, the only upset I got was some easily fixed video drivers.
Whats the name of the included "Readme file"? Is it the "Before You Install" SimpleText doc? There is no mention of 9.2.1 or even 9.2.2 in there that I can see. It only mentions 9.2 and 9.1.
The CD is a full 9.2.2 universal installer CD not an updater (tho' it can update over pre-installed systems) but if its not suited for the Ti, then that's a real pity.
Thanks for the suggestion. But I've just spent the better part of today going through the most convoluted install I've ever done on a Mac. SHEESH!
It involved a Powerbook Tiger disk set; a universal Leopard disk; a Powermac G4 already running 9.2.2 and a LOT of patience.
The Powerbook is running almost the way I want. The only thing I haven't gotten working is the Apple DVD Player. There is an extension (or SOMETHING) still missing that causes DVD Player to tell me "Something is missing. Re-Install DVD Player". Which I can't because the Installer that contains it says it won't run on my machine. And the piece of Tiger that has bootable Classic doesn't contain DVD Player at all.
What a mess. The one NICE thing in all of this was the cost. The Powerbook was $60 and I've spent a total of $9 on purchased OS software.
Gary
The original eMac 9.2.2 installer is here if you wish to try it.
I have found that it works on everything that can boot 9.2 except for possibly the MDD.
I believe it was the last 9.2.2 CD to be released as the eMacs were the last machines to run Classic and were sold only to the educational market.
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/mac-os-install-cd-library
http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/macintoshgarden.org/files/apps/eMac_Ins...
I tried this image on a Powerbook G4 model A1025 (1 GHZ). The machine booted from the burned CD and the Installer started. But very quickly I got a message stating "This Installer won't work on your machine" (paraphrased).
The included Readme file implied that Mac OS 9.2.1 must be in place before the Installer would work.
Gary
If anybody DL's this and successfully installs it to a PPC Mac, or clone, please post which model Macintosh, so it can be added to the list of Macs above that this CD can install to. I'd also like to hear from any G4 MDD (FW400) owners if this has been successful (or otherwise) on those Mac models, too.
So far it looks like any model range, from a beige G3 to an eMac G4 is a probability.