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billy_gates:

quote:Originally posted by M51DPS:
Very little, just to boot then be able to run Disk First Aid and Drive Setup once. The first time I use it I also need the computer to read an ISO as well as use the mentioned utilities, but afterwards all I need to do is boot.

[ May 19, 2003: Message edited by: M51DPS ]
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I think you should do some experimenting. Backup a workable OS 9, then delete all of the extentions and see if it still boots.  Then see if it does what you need.  I think the general idea with 9 is that you can delete anything in the system directory that is in a Folder in the System Folder.  So  I would delete everything, then slowly put stuff back until it works.

If somehow you mess up the system to the point where it won't even start booting you can use this command in OSX

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that would be if your OS 9 system folder was on a mounted drive called Backup.  The easiest way is just to drag and drop the system folder, wherever it is, into the terminal.

[ May 19, 2003: Message edited by: Billy Gates: Mac Comrade Captain ]

M51DPS:
So far this is what I have been using. With this, the system recognizes that it's a System folder, but just gives a disk with a question mark on it when I try to boot from a CD with the burned OS (indicating that it can't find a startup disk, forcing me to use the normal OS).

BootX App (control panel, switches the computer to Linux)
? BootX Extension (counter-part of BootX app)
Apple CD/DVD Driver
Apple Monitor Plugins
ISO 9660 File Access
Apple CPU Plugins (inside a folder called Multiprocessing)
Serial (Built-in)
SerialShimLib
Shared Library Manager
Shared Library Manager PPC
SOMobjects? for Mac OS
Sound Manager
System Monitor Plugins
Text Encoding Converter
Finder
some fonts not worth naming
Two kernels
Login
Mac OS ROM
MacTCP DNR
Panels
ramdisk.image.gz (something else required to boot Linux)
System
Western Language Encodings (obviously a Text Encoding)

There also many un-named empty folders like Appearance and Application Support. I realize that I probably don't need the Shared Library or SOMobjects, but any suggestions? I'll try out different things and tell if if works.

billy_gates:

quote:Originally posted by M51DPS:
So far this is what I have been using. With this, the system recognizes that it's a System folder, but just gives a disk with a question mark on it when I try to boot from a CD with the burned OS (indicating that it can't find a startup disk, forcing me to use the normal OS).

BootX App (control panel, switches the computer to Linux)
? BootX Extension (counter-part of BootX app)
Apple CD/DVD Driver
Apple Monitor Plugins
ISO 9660 File Access
Apple CPU Plugins (inside a folder called Multiprocessing)
Serial (Built-in)
SerialShimLib
Shared Library Manager
Shared Library Manager PPC
SOMobjects? for Mac OS
Sound Manager
System Monitor Plugins
Text Encoding Converter
Finder
some fonts not worth naming
Two kernels
Login
Mac OS ROM
MacTCP DNR
Panels
ramdisk.image.gz (something else required to boot Linux)
System
Western Language Encodings (obviously a Text Encoding)

There also many un-named empty folders like Appearance and Application Support. I realize that I probably don't need the Shared Library or SOMobjects, but any suggestions? I'll try out different things and tell if if works.
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good luck.  It sounds like having Linux on there kind of complicated things.

psyjax:
Dude, you are never gonna get linux on there. Not on a two gig drive.

I have used this setup before on a 7500. What I did was just buy a cheep old HD from eBay. Got a 10Gig SCUSI for like 30bucks.

Do that.

billy_gates:

quote:Originally posted by psyjax: plain 'ol psyjax:
Dude, you are never gonna get linux on there. Not on a two gig drive.

I have used this setup before on a 7500. What I did was just buy a cheep old HD from eBay. Got a 10Gig SCUSI for like 30bucks.

Do that.
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really?  You mean I can fit OS 9 into 80MB but you can't install Linux on 2000MB?  I thought Linux was supposed to be super efficient and small.

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