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The computer is an iMac G3, tray loading, 333 mhz with 512 mb of RAM.
It ran OS 9 perfectly before installing OS 10.3. I partitioned the HD so that the first 8 GB are for OS X, and planned to install OS 9 on the second partition, which is a little over 30 gb. OS X boots and runs fine.
I boot from the OS 9 CD and select the second partition, and the installation runs normally. However when I try to boot it goes directly into open firmware and nothing I do will boot OS 9. When I type mac-boot, the screen flashes briefly then returns to the prompt. I can boot from the CD and change the startup disk to OS X and it boots fine. I know OS 9 installed because I can see all the files in the partition from OS X.
I can't check to see if classic works because the version of OS 9 I have is not higher than 9.1. I need to boot into OS 9 to install updates.
What could be the problem here? Thanks for any help.
It ran OS 9 perfectly before installing OS 10.3. I partitioned the HD so that the first 8 GB are for OS X, and planned to install OS 9 on the second partition, which is a little over 30 gb. OS X boots and runs fine.
I boot from the OS 9 CD and select the second partition, and the installation runs normally. However when I try to boot it goes directly into open firmware and nothing I do will boot OS 9. When I type mac-boot, the screen flashes briefly then returns to the prompt. I can boot from the CD and change the startup disk to OS X and it boots fine. I know OS 9 installed because I can see all the files in the partition from OS X.
I can't check to see if classic works because the version of OS 9 I have is not higher than 9.1. I need to boot into OS 9 to install updates.
What could be the problem here? Thanks for any help.