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Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003) Install & Restore Discs
1st download is Power_Mac_Software.toast.zip which contains Mac OS X 10.3.2 and Mac OS 9.2.2. Apple Hardware Test 2.0.2 for Power Mac is included. To boot to Apple Hardware Test on a Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003), hold down 'Option' at startup to access the boot manager.
2nd download is Restore_DVD.toast.zip. The disc primarily contains GarageBand and iDVD restores for OS X. Mount this volume and look in /Volumes/Restore DVD/.images and those are the only two files of substance present on the disc. On the root level of the disc, there is Apple documentation how to perform a full software restore on a Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003).
If folks are only looking for the special Mac OS 9.2.2 build that can boot up on a Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003, a 'formal' install of OS X and restore is not necessary.
On the first disc, there is a hidden .images folder at the root level of the disc. The OS9General.dmg (contained in that folder) contains OS 9.2.2 files and apps for that model. You can pull a copy of the DMG out of that folder, open it in OS X and copy the OS 9.2.2 files/apps to whichever volume you like. You could probably also use Disk Copy 6.5b13 to open this DMG in OS 9.2.2 itself (unsure of that).
Third Download is OS9General.dmg is Mac OS 9.2.2 from Power_mac_Software.Toast.zip
I can confirm this OS9General.dmg will not open in Mac OS 9.2.2. I tried Disk copy to open in Mac OS 9.2.2. It said error -50. When I tried the open the file with Virtual DVD-ROM/CD Utility to open the file. It said system resources in Virtual DVD-ROM/CD Utility and failed to open. Then I tried Roxio Toast Titanium 5.2.3 and it failed to open. Use Disk Utility to burn this to DVD or Burn it to Toast to DVD.
For the really geeky in this group, what makes this build of OS 9.2.2 special is that it contains within it CPU Software 5.9 which is the last-known version of Mac OS CPU Software. Mac OS CPU Software along with an updated copy of Drive Setup was what Apple used to allow these machines from 2003 to boot OS 9.2.2 long after OS 9.2.2 was originally released in December of 2001.
Fourth Download is Restore CD.toast.zip is All documents for Restore CD for Power mac G4 mirror door 2003. And Mount this volume and look in /Volumes/Restore CD/.images is one item is Dev Tools.dmg
Fifth download to 9th download
Power_Mac_Software.toast.zip which contains Mac OS X 10.3 and Mac OS 9.2.2. Apple Hardware Test 2.0.2 for Power Mac is included**. To boot to Apple Hardware Test on a Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003), hold down 'Option' at startup to access the boot manager.
10th Download : The International English version of OS9General.dmg. CPU Software Z-5.8, with ROM 10.2.1. Copied from Z691-4681-A (the 10.3.0 disc)
11th Download : The International English 10.3.0 disc itself (Z691-4681-A). Unfortunately, only disc 1 of 2 is available
**Here are those small downloadable extractions of AHT for the MirrorDoors:
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/apple-hardware-test-powermac-g4
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