Installing 8.6 on a G4 with OS?

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I have a 400 Mhz G4 that came with OS9. I also have the Iomega Buz whose software is not (yet) compatible with OS9, so I want to install system 8.6 on another partition that I created, but every time I try to run the 8.5 or 8.6 install it says I cannot run it. In addition, I cannot boot from a CD that has 8.5 or a zip that has 8.6 (still boots with OS9). I read somewhere that you cannot install 8.6 on a G4 that comes with OS9. Is this true? Would I be able to install 8.6 from the disk that came with the earlier G4's? Thanks! Adam

-- Adam Kramer (akramer@espeusa.com), January 26, 2000

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