Troubles with SheepShaver and Mac OSs other than 9.0.x

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NavyBrat
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Troubles with SheepShaver and Mac OSs other than 9.0.x

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I have another question if nobody minds. I was trying to set up SheepShaver with a variety of retail Mac OS versions and I can't get anything to install but Mac OS 9.0 and 9.0.4. I've tried all the retail versions of Mac OS 7.6, 7.6.1 and 8.5 on my Mac OS X 10.10.5 MacBook, but I keep getting the same error: "This startup disk will not work on this Macintosh model. Use the latest installer to update this disk for this model.." I was wondering if there was something that I was doing wrong or missing. I thank you so much again for all of your nice help.
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Re: Troubles with SheepShaver and Mac OSs other than 9.0.x

Post by Ronald P. Regensburg »

Which ROM file do you use?

With the recommended new world rom file that can be downloaded from the Redundant Robot web-site, you should be able to run MacOS 8.5. Are you sure the install disk image is created from a true retail install CD?

For running earlier MacOS versions you need to use an old world rom file (also available on the Redundant Robot site).
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Re: Troubles with SheepShaver and Mac OSs other than 9.0.x

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Thank you again so much Mr. Regensburg. I should have thought about that. I tried the "Mac OS ROM" which, if I remember correctly, was from a Mac OS 9.x.x cd and I also tried the new world rom from Redundant Robot. It makes perfect sense. Let me try the old world rom and I'll report right back with what happened. Again, I thank you so very much Mr. Regensburg. You are very kind.
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Re: Troubles with SheepShaver and Mac OSs other than 9.0.x

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The Old World Power Macintosh ROM ("Old World 4mb ROM" on http://www.redundantrobot.com/sheepshaver-tutorial/) worked like a charm. I just booted up my Mac OS 7.6.1 cd on it with a perfect install. Again, thank you very much for all of your nice help.
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Re: Troubles with SheepShaver and Mac OSs other than 9.0.x

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Yes - I have the old world ROM to run 7.5.3 in Basilisk, but the new world ROM to run 8.6 in SheepShaver.
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