* im about to go thru the arduous process of backing up my ibook,
* reinstalling mac OS 9.2 and OS X 10.4,
* and then restoring all of my documents and software
* ill use this as an excuse to post on cohost rather than twitter, cause this feels like a better place for it
* i might try and include pics as well, in case anyone is interested in watching the process im going thru
* reinstalling mac OS 9.2 and OS X 10.4,
* and then restoring all of my documents and software
* ill use this as an excuse to post on cohost rather than twitter, cause this feels like a better place for it
* i might try and include pics as well, in case anyone is interested in watching the process im going thru
* so to start off with, before i can get into the ibook, i need to make sure i have installers and a place to back things up to
* for this purpose, because the ibook is too old to really work well with any of my newer macs,
* i broke out terezibook, my powerbook G4
* disk utility reports that i do in fact have a partition with a mac OS X installer prepared already,
* and after checking it in finder, it is in fact a copy of the OS X 10.4.6 tiger installer
* for this purpose, because the ibook is too old to really work well with any of my newer macs,
* i broke out terezibook, my powerbook G4
* disk utility reports that i do in fact have a partition with a mac OS X installer prepared already,
* and after checking it in finder, it is in fact a copy of the OS X 10.4.6 tiger installer
* ive gone ahead and thrown terezibook into target disk mode and broken out a firewire cable
* its only 400 to 400, the ibook G3 doesnt have a firewire 800 port,
* but thankfully the powerbook G4 does have both a FW400 and 800 port
* theres actually a lot less on here than i had expected, so it shouldnt take too long to transfer everything
* ill move on to the next phase when thats done
* its only 400 to 400, the ibook G3 doesnt have a firewire 800 port,
* but thankfully the powerbook G4 does have both a FW400 and 800 port
* theres actually a lot less on here than i had expected, so it shouldnt take too long to transfer everything
* ill move on to the next phase when thats done
* welp
* heres a problem
* i pulled out my copies of presumably the proper software restore discs for this model ibook
* (i say presumably because its a little special and i cant figure out exactly what model it is)
* because i wanted to see if i could use them to reinstall OS 9 with all the proper drivers without having to first install jaguar
* because that would take way more time
* turns out
* it doesnt wanna recognize that the disc is in fact the right disc, meaning i probably cant do that
* so whats that mean?
* it means im gonna have to burn a copy of the OS 9.2.2 universal install disc and find the display drivers again
* that way i can install it from that
* but first im gonna have to burn another copy i guess...
* heres a problem
* i pulled out my copies of presumably the proper software restore discs for this model ibook
* (i say presumably because its a little special and i cant figure out exactly what model it is)
* because i wanted to see if i could use them to reinstall OS 9 with all the proper drivers without having to first install jaguar
* because that would take way more time
* turns out
* it doesnt wanna recognize that the disc is in fact the right disc, meaning i probably cant do that
* so whats that mean?
* it means im gonna have to burn a copy of the OS 9.2.2 universal install disc and find the display drivers again
* that way i can install it from that
* but first im gonna have to burn another copy i guess...
* thankfully burning discs isnt too difficult to do, but its not exactly smth i can do from my daily driver
* for this, im turning to krisbook, a beautiful example of a 13 inch 2009 macbook pro currently booted into snow leopard
* ive downloaded specifically the unofficial OS 9.2.2 disc created in 2013 by macOS9Lives,
* in the hopes it will have the graphics drivers that are missing from the official OS 9.2.2 disc
* that way i dont have to find another copy of them somewhere and install them myself
* because for that id either have to look online AGAIN or dig out yet ANOTHER mac that im only 83% sure has them on the hard drive
* for this, im turning to krisbook, a beautiful example of a 13 inch 2009 macbook pro currently booted into snow leopard
* ive downloaded specifically the unofficial OS 9.2.2 disc created in 2013 by macOS9Lives,
* in the hopes it will have the graphics drivers that are missing from the official OS 9.2.2 disc
* that way i dont have to find another copy of them somewhere and install them myself
* because for that id either have to look online AGAIN or dig out yet ANOTHER mac that im only 83% sure has them on the hard drive
* im now booted into the tiger installer and ive used disk utility to re-partition the SSD
* heres where i have to make a decision tho:
* do i wanna follow my original plan and have OS 9 and OS X 10.4 on the same partition,
* with the smaller partition being used to play with other OS X installs?
* or do i just wanna run OS 9 on the 40gb partition and tiger on the 20gb and be done with it?
* i think its a little too late of a model to run anything before 10.2, and 10.5 doesnt run on G3 powerpc macs
* so i think i might just
* do the second option
* heres where i have to make a decision tho:
* do i wanna follow my original plan and have OS 9 and OS X 10.4 on the same partition,
* with the smaller partition being used to play with other OS X installs?
* or do i just wanna run OS 9 on the 40gb partition and tiger on the 20gb and be done with it?
* i think its a little too late of a model to run anything before 10.2, and 10.5 doesnt run on G3 powerpc macs
* so i think i might just
* do the second option
* i decided to go with the second option and installed OS X 10.4.6 to the 20gb partition
* i dont intend to use this ibook in OS X as much because i already have terezibook which has tiger installed
* (alongside leopard)
* once i get thru the post-install setup process ill start the installation of OS 9 on the 40gb partition
* since i intend to primarily use this as an OS 9 machine
* only really booting into tiger for things that would require a newer OS
* i dont intend to use this ibook in OS X as much because i already have terezibook which has tiger installed
* (alongside leopard)
* once i get thru the post-install setup process ill start the installation of OS 9 on the 40gb partition
* since i intend to primarily use this as an OS 9 machine
* only really booting into tiger for things that would require a newer OS
* here we are! a fresh installation of mac OS X 10.4.6 tiger!
* that said, its not the most recent version of tiger
* so ive hooked it up to the network via ethernet
* (the airport wireless card is too old to handle the security on my wifi)
* and im installing the combined update to bring it up to 10.4.11
* that way i can also run a (relatively) modern web browser and use the tiger partition as best as i can
* that said, its not the most recent version of tiger
* so ive hooked it up to the network via ethernet
* (the airport wireless card is too old to handle the security on my wifi)
* and im installing the combined update to bring it up to 10.4.11
* that way i can also run a (relatively) modern web browser and use the tiger partition as best as i can
* there we are, thats a little better looking
* its been updated to 10.4.11 and ive grabbed the wallpaper i had on the old OS 9 install, since i really like this one
* theres not much else to say at the moment, its time to get on with installing OS 9
* its been updated to 10.4.11 and ive grabbed the wallpaper i had on the old OS 9 install, since i really like this one
* theres not much else to say at the moment, its time to get on with installing OS 9
* yay! a happy mac! thats a good si- oh
* well, maybe its just the installer, maybe once i get the OS installed itll be fine
* well just have to see
* well, maybe its just the installer, maybe once i get the OS installed itll be fine
* well just have to see