Installing from OS 9 disk image
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:24 pm
I got a disk image for OS 9, "Mac OS 9 Retail.toast". I double-clicked it and it un-archived and I was left with a disk image on my desktop called "Mac OS 9".
I'm not able to put the disk image into my SheepShaver folder; when I try to do so, it just puts an alias in there instead. Hopefully that's not a problem.
When I started SheepShaver and was in the preferences window, I pressed "Add" and tried to browse over to the disk image. "Open" was not an option when I clicked on the disk image, so I selected the "Mac OS Install" that was inside the disk image. The Volumes list then showed the path: "/Volumes/Mac OS 9/Mac OS Install".
When I tried restarting SheepShaver, I got the blinking question mark.
Any guesses about what I'm doing wrong?
Edit: I put the whole folder with the disk image into it into my SS folder, and then I was able to "Open" the "Mac OS 9 Retail.toast" disk image. But now I get the error: "The system software on the startup disk only functions on the original media, not if copied to another drive." Do I need a different disk image?
Thanks in advance,
Spiff
MacBook Pro, running 10.6.1, SS 2.3
I'm not able to put the disk image into my SheepShaver folder; when I try to do so, it just puts an alias in there instead. Hopefully that's not a problem.
When I started SheepShaver and was in the preferences window, I pressed "Add" and tried to browse over to the disk image. "Open" was not an option when I clicked on the disk image, so I selected the "Mac OS Install" that was inside the disk image. The Volumes list then showed the path: "/Volumes/Mac OS 9/Mac OS Install".
When I tried restarting SheepShaver, I got the blinking question mark.
Any guesses about what I'm doing wrong?
Edit: I put the whole folder with the disk image into it into my SS folder, and then I was able to "Open" the "Mac OS 9 Retail.toast" disk image. But now I get the error: "The system software on the startup disk only functions on the original media, not if copied to another drive." Do I need a different disk image?
Thanks in advance,
Spiff
MacBook Pro, running 10.6.1, SS 2.3