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 Sat 4 Oct 2003, 00:17
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I spoke to a Mac technician today who told me something I had never heard before, have a hard time believing, and haven't tested. He said that ALL of the new Macs can be made to boot to OS 9 by simply wiping the drive (writing zeros) and reinstalling 9. He said whatever Apple has done to prevent the newer Macs from booting into 9 is all on the HDD, and that writing zeros to the drive is all it takes to get around the system. I doubt it. I asked him about it, and told him I had heard that it was a firmware change to the logic board. He said that wasn't true, and that he had already done this many times. I don't believe a word, but I'm now wondering if anyone has heard of this.
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 Sat 4 Oct 2003, 02:15
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If it were true, all OSX only G4 would boot in OS9… Maybe even G5s… I never told you hens have teeth? 
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Wed 29 Oct 2003, 23:41
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A guy I know (movie composer/arranger, big Mac-head) claims he has done the trick many times, and he told me he's available to explain me how.
He says it takes a few hours and a laptop (we've got the same model iBook and G4), but that I have to get ready for a big headhache!
Now he's abroad, but I will ask him to show me the trick.
I need it, and as long the logic board is not in danger, I'm ready to format the HD if it doesn't work!!!
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Sat 1 Nov 2003, 04:07
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Yeah, lepetitmartien, I sort of only thought about my own situation: No PCI-peripherals but lots of legacy os9 software. Of course the users of os9-depedent PCI-peripherals will have to opt for a different transitional computer than the eMac. I also tried to check out the ability for OSX-only macs to boot in os9 on other forums and the only thing I found was unconfirmed rumors or straight out false claims... I hope Buddy Boy and rubbersoul has got some real tricks up their sleeves...  
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Sat 1 Nov 2003, 06:52
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I don't thint that's the way to boot from OS9 (I'll know something more next week), but how do you write zeros to your HD?
I have found nothing like that in the HD utilities, though I remember having done it a few time in OS9.
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Fri 2 Jan 2004, 03:18
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Have you seen a certain PC commercial ( uh, okay, maybe not you guys in Euro-land  ) where the family sits in their van outside a PC store and kidnap a tech and take him home to fix their 'puter? Maybe if we head down to Cupertino...
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