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Cant boot from OS9.1 CD since I installed Pioneer DVR-109 DVD drive

Asked by Geoff1000 in Apple Operating Systems, Mac OS 10.3 (Panther)

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I am changing to a G4 733 MHZ Quicksilver.  Came supplied with OS 9.2.2 clean install and had a Sony CD-RW drive.  I installed Panther, and all the updates, worked fine.  I then changed the Sony CD-RW drive for a Pioneer DVR-109BK (OEM version), flashed the firmware to R1.57 (latest I believe) with DVRFlashX2.1, installed Patchburn for Panther, whereupon the System Profiler changed from "Burn: Not Supported" to "Burn: Vendor supported".  CD's burn fine from iTunes, have not tried a DVD burn yet.  So far, so good.

Now that I have a DVD drive I can install Tiger from DVD.  I fitted a second HDD (HDD2) and formatted it HFS extended (journalled).  I want to install OS9.1 first from my original full install CD (assuming I do this first as was the case for installing Panther) but I can't get the G4 to boot from the OS9.1 CD.  Attempting to run the OS9.1 installer directly from Panther on HDD1 tries to start Classic, which hangs about 80% the way through starting (according to the blue sliding progress bar). I'm not too fazed by this as I don't think its the correct way to install, even on a second HDD.  

I have attempted to boot from the OS9.1 CD in 3 ways:
 1. I hold the "c" key down as I restart, does not work, boots back to Pather on HDD1.
 2. I attempt to change the startup disc to the CD by holding the "option" key down, but this presents Panther on HDD1 as the only option.  
 3. Using "System Preferences/startup-disk" the OS9.1 CD shows as a disk with a valid OS, but after selecting and clicking "restart" I get a small folder in centre of the screen, with a "?" on it, this remaining for about 1 second before it reboots back to Panther on the HDD1.

I suspect the DVR-109 wont act as boot drive.  Yet I tried the Panther install CD and it booted from this OK !!!  Is it possible that my DVR-109 drive will act as a boot drive for OSX and not for OS9.1??  My next thoughts are to refit the original Sony CD-RW drive and boot from that to install OS9.1 (I am assuming thats how the store clean installed the OS9 before delivery), then refit the Pioneer DVR-109.  This will be a painful way to install OS9.1.  Does anybody have  any other fix to suggest which does not involve a drive-swap?Start Free Trial
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