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Cheers,

I got hold of a PM4400 recently and since it was missing the HDD, I installed a SD card adapter instead. I partitioned the drive to eight partitions and wanted to install different systems on them, but then I ran in to the problems with this machines compatibility.

I have an install CD for the computer with system 7.5.3 that works, in english. I also have install CDs for system 7.5.3 that does not work, in my language. Since english is not my first language, and I'd rather like the system to be.

Is there a way to "compile" a CD of my own, with let's say the system from the 7.5.3 CD, or rather 7.6 or any above, and the System Enabler 827 (witch I believe is required for the 4400) as well as other components, and make a bootable CD of it? If so, any advice on what files are specifically designed for the 4400 that I have to keep and witch can be replaced?

Or is this just too much wishful thinking?

Regards,

@Hellion did you want to use 7.x specifically or does it not really matter?
if not I will just mention that 8.5 did away with requiring enablers (I don't know if 8.1 had needed any enabler for pre-g3 systems mind you)

Morning. What you want to do is install the english version that works, then boot from it. Load the Swedish version into your drive, and without booting from it, run the installer and install it onto a second drive or partition. If it won't let you run it, tell me and I'll detail a way around.

Once it has installed, don't restart until you copy the "System Enabler" file in the System Folder from the English verstion to the new Swedish install. Go to Startup Disk in Control Panels and select the disk/partition with the Sweedish version and restart.

Then you can delete the English version if you want.

Let me know if it works out. If there isvtrouble, describe it / get photos and there are ways around.

I did this with System 7.6 and it worked great! I tried this earlier and then the system would not even try to install, but I guess I might have used a bad CD or something like that. Many thanks!

The only thing that seems to be an issue, is this little square of noise that appears around the cursor! It does not follow the cursor, it stays in its place, but relocates itself to the cursors position when I click the mouse button. Something that seems familiar?
Again, many thanks for the advices. I did not think it would be this (relatively) straight forward!

Interesting. Not sure why it is doing that. Thats usually a sign of bad video drivers. Does it do it when booted from a CD?

for 7.6.1 I would recommend either the Motorola StarMax CD or the 7.6 (+7.6.1 update) images on either the Apple Legacy Recovery disc or the Apple Anthology

StarMax CD - Macintosh Repository

CD that shipped with Motorola StarMax PowerPC clones in 1997. Contains Mac OS 7.6 and 7.6.1 update with utilities

www.macintoshrepository.org

I haven't tried this with a 4400 specifically, but since both it and the StarMax series share the same board design it should work just fine. If you don't want it saying "Motorola StarMax" in the "About this Computer" dialog, just delete the "MacOS Licensing Extension" in the extensions folder.

That would probably work on this computer, however that CD contains an english system and my goal here is to get the swedish systems on the computer. I managed to get 7.6 there, but I need the swedish 7.6.1 update as well as updating it with an english version will screw up the system folder. I will look into this more tomorrow!

Mac OS 7.6.1 (Swedish) - Macintosh Garden

This is an update of Mac OS from 7.6 to 7.6.1 in Swedish.

macintoshgarden.org

my goal here is to get the swedish systems on the computer.

oh, my mistake :/ sorry. I mean, there could be localizations on the disc, but I doubt it.

Mac OS 7.6.1 (Swedish) - Macintosh Garden

This is an update of Mac OS from 7.6 to 7.6.1 in Swedish.

macintoshgarden.org

Heya, 7.6 worked fine on mine, but is officially unsupported - you want 7.6.1. Maybe that explains the corruption?

The April 1997 Developer CD System Software Edition contains not only 7.5.3 (Worldwide) for the 4400 but also 7.6 worldwide, if you don't have it, i think it's on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/Apple_Developer_Discs_1989-2009 .

I had that one laying around, I just struggled with getting it from my Win10 machine to the 4400. I do this for fun from time to time, so I do forget in between all the steps that are required to do such things. 🙂

Anyway, I finally managed to get the update over to the 4400 and install it, and now it seems to work great and that issue with the cursor disappeared with the update. Many thanks!