stalled: install CD ejects & SS emulated env restarts, O

macassist · Post by **macassist** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:00 pm

Hi folks,

trying to get SS working on my MacBook Pro.

I get the boot screen with flashing question mark disk icon if I don't have a disk inerted.

If I have a CD inserted, I get smiley, then the CD ejects, and SS's emulated environment restarts to the flashing question mark disk icon.

Here's my console.log:

SheepShaver V2.3 by Christian Bauer and Mar"c" Hellwig
Reading ROM file...
WARNING: Cannot open /Volumes/MacAssist/Users/sean/test.img (No such file or directory)
Detected CPU features: MMX SSE SSE2
PowerPC CPU emulator by Gwenole Beauchesne
ioctl(DKIOCEJECT) failed on file /dev/disk1: Resource busy
ioctl(DKIOCCDREADTOC) failed: Bad file descriptor
ioctl(DKIOCEJECT) failed on file /dev/disk1: Bad file descriptor

There is a file /Volumes/MacAssist/Users/sean/test.img, and I've tried a few different disk images in different locations. I've also tried with and without the /Volumes/MacAssist prefix on paths.

Here's my .sheepshaver_prefs file:
rom /Volumes/MacAssist/Users/Shared/Downloads/SheepShaver-2.3/ROM
disk /Volumes/MacAssist/Users/sean/test.img
extfs /Volumes/MacAssist/Users/sean/classic
screen win/800/600
bootdrive 0
bootdriver 0
ramsize 67108864
frameskip 6
gfxaccel true
nocdrom false
nonet false
ether slirp
nosound true
nogui true
ignoresegv false
jit true
jit68k false
ether slirp
keycodes true
keycodefile /Volumes/MacAssist/Users/Shared/Downloads/SheepShaver-2.3/keycodes.sdl

Running Mac OS X v10.4.5 on a 2GHz 15" MacBook Pro - had similar problems on a 17" iMac dual core.

Hope someone has some hints...

Sean

Post by **Cat_7** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:22 pm

Hi,

I see nothing wrong with your config.

What rom are you using?
Which Mac OS are you trying to install?

Best results are with the universal system disks (8.5 to 9.0.4).

Cat_7

kikkoman · Post by **kikkoman** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:39 pm

keep in mind that you'd need to have the Mac OS install CD actually in your disc drive -before- you run SheepShaver...... and i believe this holds true for any CD you wish to run in the Mac OS environment (at least if you're on the Windows version)

macassist · Post by **macassist** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:58 pm

I've tried Mac OS 8.0, 8.1, 8.5, 9.0 and 9.1 CDs - all do the same. I'm using a 4MB Alchemy ROM from a 5400 as I need to run 8.0 for my Dad to use programs which won't run in Classic. I tested some of these CDs with the machine the ROM came from and it booted up, so it's not like the ROM won't natively support those OSes.

Thanks

Sean

Post by **Cat_7** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:12 pm

Ok,

In the light of the information you gave us, I would go for a rom file incompatibility. Why don't you use the rom file from the system folder on 8.5 or 9.0 cd. That should work.

Best wishes,

Cat_7

macassist · Post by **macassist** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 12:08 am

But will the New World ROMs work with 8.0? That's what I need to work with.

Sean

Post by **Cat_7** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:26 am

Hi,

I am not 100% sure, but I believe SheepShaver doesn't run Mac OS below 8.5 on OSX.

So why don't you first try with 8.5 and it's rom or 9.0.
If you can get those to work, you know there is an issue with Mac OS below 8.5

Best wishes
Cat_7

macassist · Post by **macassist** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:54 am

Hi Cat,

Neither worked - the disk wasn't ejected, but SS just crashed out.

This is what I get with 8.5 and its ROM:

SheepShaver V2.3 by Christian Bauer and Mar"c" Hellwig
Reading ROM file...
WARNING: Cannot open /Volumes/MacAssist/Users/sean/test.img (No such file or directory)
Detected CPU features: MMX SSE SSE2
PowerPC CPU emulator by Gwenole Beauchesne
forward_exception got unknown behavior
thread_set_state (os/kern) invalid argument
2006-03-17 20:36:53.545 SheepShaver[2482] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x4460f0 of class NSCFArray autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
2006-03-17 20:36:53.545 SheepShaver[2482] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x44cb90 of class SDL_QuartzWindow autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking

This is what I get from OS 9 and its ROM:

SheepShaver V2.3 by Christian Bauer and Mar"c" Hellwig
Reading ROM file...
WARNING: Cannot open /Volumes/MacAssist/Users/sean/test.img (No such file or directory)
ERROR: Unsupported ROM type.

Can anyone say if they've had success with OS 8.0 and Mac OS X's version of SheepShaver?

Regards

Sean