osX: OS 9 partition on new 2003 hardware

Newer macs don't come with a proper OS 9 install disc, and the Software Restore discs only want to restore your machine to the factory configuration (OS 9 and Jaguar on the same partition). If you want OS 9 on a different partition, do this:

1. Restart with the OS X install CD in the drive and hold down the C key to boot off of it.
2. When the installer comes up, select Disk Utility from the menu and repartition your hard drive the way you want it. Check the box to install OS 9 drivers or you won't be able to boot it natively on the partition you've selected.
3. Once the partition is done, quit Disk Utility and continue with the installation.
4. Reboot to your newly installed OS X and insert the first Software Restore CD (it may be named differently depending on what machine you got).
5. Open up Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities) and on the command line type:
   % cd "/Volumes/Software Restore/.images"
   Replace "Software Restore" with the name of your CD as it appears on the desktop.
6. Type "ls" at the command line and you should see some disk image (.dmg) files, including OS9General.dmg (again yours may be different).
7. Mount the disk image from the command line with open ./OS9General.dmg.
8. Open up the mounted disk image in the Finder. Also open up your empty OS 9 partition. Select all folders in the disk image and copy them to the OS 9 partition.
9. Check the Classic and the Startup Disk preference panes to see if it would recognise the system on the OS 9 partition.

If holding down the Option key at bootup only recognized OS X, you will need to re-bless the OS 9 System Folder from OS X:

1. Open System Preferences and click on Startup Disk.
2. Choose the OS 9 System Folder.
3. Click on Show All in the upper left corner of the window. When it asks if you want to change, select Change.
4. Click on Startup Disk and repeat the procedure a second time.

You should be able to choose your boot drive by holding down the Option key at startup.

Note: Booting OS 9 has been disabled on newer macintoshes