Classic on Macintosh

[JennGranger]

Does anyone know how to get rid of Classic on macintosh computers? Thanks. When I try and install a game it says "Classic cannot find a Mac OS 9 system folder on the startup disk to us. You many need to install Mac OS 9.1 or later on your computer. To select a system folder on another volume, click Open Classic Preferences". so I click that and it says "You do no have a version of Mac OS 9 installed that supports Classic. Install Mac OS 9.1 or later." I was just wondering what you think is going on. oh, and if it helps its a PowerBookG4 with Mac OS X I think. If you can help me, it would be so great! thanks!

[drasnor]

First off, what game is this? If the game isn't designed for MacOS X, then it requires MacOS 9 or "Classic". If you've gotten a very new laptop, then odds are it doesn't have MacOS 9 on it at all.

-drasnor :fold:

[JennGranger]

well, I got it from school for the year. I'm trying to install Morrowind. so are you saying I need to download Mac OS 9? can I do that if I have Mac OS X, and if so, do yo know of a good place to download it. thanks

[drasnor]

I'm pretty sure they never made a Mac version of Morrowind. Double-check that you're actually trying to install a Mac game. Obviously, PC games won't work on a Mac.

-drasnor :fold:

[JennGranger]

whoops, I thought it did cause I was looking at You Don't Know Jack earlier and it is for both I saw and I got the 2 confused. well poo. well then what if I wanted to put another game in that does work with Mac?

[drasnor]

You'd go out and buy VirtualPC 6 for Macintosh and install it, which isn't an inexpensive piece of software. Even then, Morrowind might not work properly and will probably be pretty slow.

-drasnor :fold:

[JennGranger]

aww. oh well. I guess I just can't play games on my laptop because I don't hve any money at the moment. thanks for you help though

[primesuspect]

You can't install classic after OS:X is installed. It has to be done this way:

1) totally format hard drive - blank, zip, nada, zero.

2) Install Mac OS 9.2 (the very last OS 9 ever). You have to buy this used from someone. Apple doesn't sell it, you can't download it, you have to find it on ebay or something.

3) Install OS:X over OS 9. OS:X will detect the "classic environment" and keep it - using it for classic apps when it needs to.

[drasnor]

well then what if I wanted to put another game in that does work with Mac?

I misread what you said earlier. In this case, you'd just put in the CD or run the downloaded installer.

-drasnor :fold: