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Regressing to an earlier OS?
Posted by: Iamanamma on 2020-02-06 13:47:02
es, you'll need to find and buy or burn a Mac OS 8.6 CD that originally came with that computer, boot from it, repartition+reformat the drive, and then you'll be able to restore or reinstall that OS version.
Any ideas as to where to look?

Posted by: Cory5412 on 2020-02-06 14:35:53
eBay might have, it Mac Garden appears to have a copy, although I haven't used this image before: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/mac-os-85-851-update (Look for PowerMacG4CD_86.ZIP on that page, download number 18.)

Posted by: pcamen on 2020-02-17 12:08:24
@Gorgonops have you tried the tap interface for QEMU?  I've got a lovely install I just did with slirp networking in os 9.2.2 but can't access my a2server Appletalk server.  Doh!  That's kinda how I was hoping to get software onto the fresh install.  FTP works still but Appletalk would be easier. 

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