Can't install mac os 9.2...please help

I recently purchased a g3 800 mhz ibook that had mac os 10.3 installed on it.
Before I get into my dilema let me explain what i am trying to accomplish. i am primarialy a PC user but have been a huge fan of the journeyman project games. I won an auction on ebay for Journeyman Project pegasus prime. So I bought my ibook, and was very excited.

Well needless to say running pegasus prime didn't work under os x. So I won another action for the retail CD of mac os 9.2.1. That won't install under the classic enviornment because it states that the installer can't run.

After doing some research I see that only mac os 9.2.2 will run on this ibook. Is there any way to get this cd to get installed after downloading the updates or what? I am kinda lost as this is my first real mac use in years.

Is there a guide to intergrate the 9.2.2 update into the install off the cd?

Also The ibook has a cd burner/DVD combo. Unfortunatly the system did not come with the installation cd's. That is why I purchased 9.2.1 off of ebay, and have been scoping out copies of 10.3.9 to buy as well. I apologize for not getting back to you sooner, but by the end of last night I was so frustrated with this thing I just had to walk away.

I checked my model on apple support and it states it supports os 9.2.2, so I know I can run it. I also have been looking at emulators for the mac to see if I can get 9.2.1 to run on them, but it doesn't seem to be working.

I guess I understand why apple made certain cd's only work with certain systems, but I do not understand why their classic enviornment doesn't emulate everything.

Thanks in advance for you help on this matter.

Mac OS X (10.3.x)

Posted on Feb 1, 2008 1:09 PM

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eww

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Feb 2, 2008 8:18 PM in response to hlhbk

Hi, hlhbk. Because you haven't precisely identified the iBook model you have (other than its processor speed and type, which only limits the possibilities to one of three different models), we can't tell whether any given disc set is the right one for you.

How to identify iBook models:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88039

Buying a model-specific installer CD on Ebay is risky, because many sellers don't actually understand exactly what they're selling, or they describe it more broadly than they should in the hope of attracting greater interest from potential buyers.

It may not make any sense to you that Apple doesn't allow you to install OS 9.2.1 on a computer that requires OS 9.2.2, but it makes perfect sense to me. What doesn't make sense to me is Apple's decision never to release a universal installer CD for OS 9.2.2 that would work on any Mac that required 9.2.2. But there it is: we just have to live with it.

hlhbk Author

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Feb 2, 2008 9:02 PM in response to hlhbk

it is an 800 mhz v32 ram with a 12.1 screen.

eww

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Feb 3, 2008 5:40 AM in response to hlhbk

There's nothing in the Ebay listing that identifies what iBook model those discs are for. So unless you can talk to the seller and ascertain that your 32 VRAM 12.1" model is actually named on the labels, buying the discs will be chancy.

You might do better to take spudnuty up on his offer of an OS 9.2.2 System Folder you could use for Classic, since you evidently don't need to be able to boot into 9.2.2 to run your game.

Are you aware that someone is evidently working on bringing the Journeyman Project into OS X? I only know what a quick Google search revealed, and I didn't read a lot of the hits, but it sounds as though the JP is slated to be OS X-native pretty soon now. Of course Apple's switch to Intel processors may have set the timetable back some.

hlhbk Author

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Feb 7, 2008 1:19 PM in response to eww

So the cd's I ordered are not the right ones. I am going to be very catious from here on out.

Will the following cd's work? i think they will but I want to be sure.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mac-OS-X-10-1-4-9-2-2-Install-Disks-6-CDs-for-iBook_W0QQitem Z220198818500QQihZ012QQcategoryZ80258QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

hlhbk Author

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Feb 7, 2008 6:22 PM in response to hlhbk

So after communicating with the seller I found a solution.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Mac-OS-9-2-2-Bootable-Install-Disk-For-PowerPC-G3-G4-G5_W0QQ itemZ220199213884QQihZ012QQcategoryZ80257QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Now i just have to wait to get it.

eww

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Feb 8, 2008 6:52 PM in response to hlhbk

Good luck — I hope it works out for you.

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