MacOS9 installation

How to do a good install on a macintosh (system 9)

1 - booting with the (right) cdrom

2 - using drive setup to partition the hard disk

available filesystem types on the mac
example setup for a system with os9 & osX
example setup for os9 and linux

3 - the customized installation

installer features: updating disk drivers / creating new system folders
choosing custom software packages
choosing custom package content to install

4 - shutting DOWN (NOT rebooting) (Read next before doing this !)

5 - resetting things for a fresh start: zapping the PRAM

6 - booting up for the 1st time / hints:

opening everything you need
moving all you did not want but was installed nevertheless
coloured folders/files
saving the original config
booting once again

Mac 0S9 botting
Mac 0S9 Start up

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