9.2.2 Update "cannot be installed over this localized copy..."

i just quit an install for 9.2 because it stated it required 9.1 - so the disk i have that came with the imac is only an update?! i could have sworn i checked the 'install 9.x drivers' option when i reformatted the HD...now i'm interpreting that 10.x would not have loaded w/o 9.x being present??? then, once i rebooted, no classic 9.x! i will be upgrading to 10.4 on both macs (for school and the g5 ipod) and read that classic 9.x is not supported??? oy!

enneewaa: during installation you should see an OPTION button in the lower left hand corner of the dialog box. once clicked, offers a check box for a 'clean install'. once checked, will state that there is enough space (in kbytes) for a 'clean install' and puts 9.2 in a separate 'system' folder. this is from my cd, but you should be 5/5!

Hi, tundera -

"This software cannot be installed over this localized copy of Mac OS".

That message is returned when the language version of the download updater does not match the language of the installed version of OS 9. The download updater must match in order for it to run.

Typically this happens when trying to use the North American English version of the update on top of an International English version of the OS, or vice versa.

Unlike OSX, OS 9 is available in specific language versions only; there is no universal installer.

If you're not sure which language version you have on the machine now, open About This Computer (top of Apple menu when Finder is active). Check the info line labelled "Version:" - the language version is indicated on that line. For example, if the info on that line is something like "Mac OS (Z1) 9.2.1", the "(Z1)" portion indicates it is International English; other languages have other codes (D = German, E = Spanish, etc.). If there is no code, it is North American English.

You can download any of the available language versions of the OS 9.2.2 download update from this Apple KBase article -
Article #75186 - Mac OS 9.2.2 - Download and Info

Hi, choqokat -

...during installation you should see an OPTION button in the lower left hand corner of the dialog box. once clicked, offers a check box for a 'clean install'.

That applies only to when using a full-install OS 9 CD to do the installation; a Clean Install can not be done when using a download updater.

i just quit an install for 9.2 because it stated it required 9.1 - so the disk i have that came with the imac is only an update?!

The OS 9.2.1 download update installs only on top of OS 9.1 or 9.2.0 (and the download update for OS 9.2.2 only on top of OS 9.2.1). Your machine may have been one of the few that came with an OS 9.2.1 updater disk. If so, then OS 9.1 should be available to install from the Install set of disks.

What specific model iMac do you have? What is its CPU speed? What OS did it originally ship with?

i could have sworn i checked the 'install 9.x drivers' option when i reformatted the HD.

Installing the OS 9 drivers has no direct bearing on the ability to install OS 9, only on the ability of OS 9 to 'see' the drive when the machine is booted to OS 9.

Hi, Ann -

You're quite welcome - glad to be able to help.