I do not quite understand what you did. Did you first install MacOS 8.5 and then tried different ROM files? The ROM file comes first, without a working ROM file it is not possible to install MacOS in SheepShaver.I installed MacOS 8.5 and tried the ROM Updater 1.0, the iMac and the ROM from the 8.5 and 8.6 install CDs without success...
- The only ROM file that appears to work with the current SheepShaver 2.3 is the one extracted from the "Mac OS ROM Update 1.0".
- Did you use SheepShaverGUI to set up SheepShaver? I did (on a PowerBook G4 with MacOSX 10.4.7), and my prefs file has more lines.
- You cannot use Startup disk control panel in SheepShaver. The "disk" that is used as startup disk is the first bootable disk (image) in the prefs file. Selecting a startup disk in the control panel will indeed crash SheepShaver.
- Did you do the MacOS 8.5 installation from a general 8.5 install CD using SheepShaver? Or did you copy the System Folder from a different source? If you did copy the system, the system could have a configuration that is not compatible with SheepShaver or there could be settings that are incompatible with SheepShaver.
- Is it a virgin MacOS 8.5 installation, or did you install other software? If you installed other software, there could be extensions installed that are incompatible with SheepShaver.
- Virtual memory is not available in SheepShaver. Applications that need virtual memory cannot be used in SheepShaver.
- You will find detailed instructions for SheepShaver setup here:
http://www.emaculation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=3179
