Hello,
Okay so OS X Leopard is the OS 9 killer.
Does anyone know of a work-around to install OS 9. I have the latest iMac with Leopard pre-installed. I tried partitioning the hard drive and then uploading OS 9, didn't work. I guess it would have to be something that overrides the firmware, if that's possible.
In case you are asking why, it's because I have a scanner and a printer which are not made/imported any more, they work perfectly but no OS X Leopard drivers are available, or ever will be.
Thanks.
Configuration: Mac OS X Leopard Firefox 3.0
This is a bit complex, but the short answer is, no. The intel based iMacs can't natively run OS9 because it was written for the IBM powerpc processors. It was working in 10.4(tiger) because Tiger had emulation software to run it. Apple took the emulation software out of it for Leopard. There are commercial applications to allow you to run classic in leopard, but you cannot boot to it, and the drivers will not load anyway. Hope this helps.
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Hi,
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I believe you can use Sheepshaver to run OS9 on both PPC and Intel Macs, even Linux and Windows. I have the same issues as I would like to install some of Ambrosia Software's old OS9 games. I haven't installed it yet but I plan on first putting it on my G4 iMac running Leopard then trying it on my MacBook Pro. You still need you OS9 disk from what I understand.
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If you have a PowerPC based Mac, like a G5 or a G4, you can borrow the Kernel and Classic related software from a 10.4 and earlier installation. The kernel is the limiting factor in Classic compatibility in Leopard, 10.5.
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