Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:18 pm
After further testing, I can copy files from Unix to the virtual machine, but not folders and subfolders, for example a folder with a number of subfolders.
I can manually recreate the folders and subfolders on the SheepShaver side and then drag in constituent files from Unix (one by one or multiple selections). Documents open, and applications that need no formal installer then run OK.
So, copying file-by-file seems quite consistently reliably working.
The folder copying situation is not consistent. Even now, I had one top level folder with 16 subfolders where some complete subfolders (with subfolders) would copy over and others not. And after quitting SheepShaver then restarting it, one or two new subfolders would also be copyable. I was able to do this several times and bring in maybe 4 other subfolders on subsequent restarts. Could not see any pattern to why some worked and others not.
Of course my installation originally could successfully copy entire folders with subfolders, at least in small batches, and I successfully copied hundreds of MB of data.
I can manually recreate the folders and subfolders on the SheepShaver side and then drag in constituent files from Unix (one by one or multiple selections). Documents open, and applications that need no formal installer then run OK.
So, copying file-by-file seems quite consistently reliably working.
The folder copying situation is not consistent. Even now, I had one top level folder with 16 subfolders where some complete subfolders (with subfolders) would copy over and others not. And after quitting SheepShaver then restarting it, one or two new subfolders would also be copyable. I was able to do this several times and bring in maybe 4 other subfolders on subsequent restarts. Could not see any pattern to why some worked and others not.
Of course my installation originally could successfully copy entire folders with subfolders, at least in small batches, and I successfully copied hundreds of MB of data.