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CD-ROM not booting: Mandrake 9.2, SheepShaver-2.2-8.i586 RPM

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 9:31 pm
by Kilik
Hi,

got a problem with SheepShaver 2.2.8 (Mandrake RPM). Everything is fine with the setup and there's also no error message etc. It boots but suddenly stops at the grey screen: There seems to be some kind of a floopy booting but after this process the CD-ROM (with the OS CD) isn't responding and everythings seems to freeze.

It's the 8.6 CD (ROM included).

Thanks

Bye

Kilik

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 10:18 pm
by Guest
Make sure you un-mount the cd in linux

The same thing happened to me, after i did 'umount /mnt/cdrom' it worked :P

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 10:19 pm
by Mac Emu
In your home directory is a hidden file, I believe called .sheepshaver_prefs. Using a text editor, what are the contents of this file (copy\paste it here)?

What ROM are you using (the one on the CD doesn't work as it's a New World ROM)?

If you run SheepShaver from a terminal prompt, are there any error messages?

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 10:20 pm
by Trancesphere
What ROM are you using (the one on the CD doesn't work as it's a New World ROM)?
The ROM on the 8.6 CD does work with 2.2-8

Im using it myself :lol:

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 10:50 pm
by Kilik
First of all "Thanks" for you answers. Unfortunatly it's still not working.
Tried to un-mount the drive but still no response.

My CD also isn't booting in (working) Basilisk II (8.1) / Win32

I have tried to "boot" the 8.1-HD-Image (with some stuff on it) from Basilisk II in SheepShaver. It's not working too - [maybe because of the New World Rom from the 8.6 CD for PPCs?]

Thanks again

Kilik

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 7:15 pm
by Thyth
Well, my first SheepShaver test was to see if I got one of the Mac BIOS icon responses(I used a ROM from my 7500/100). This usually reports the smiling Mac if everything is working properly. If there is no disk found it will have a disk icon with a flashing "?" on it. If there is an invalid system disk it will flash an "X" on the disk. Do you get any of those icons?

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 9:19 pm
by Kilik
No, i don't get any of these icons. I am not familiar with the old Mac Operating Systems (just experience with 10 / and of course Linux/Win).

What should be on the screen with a working rom in combination with a NOT installed OS (empty HD)? The "disk" icon?

There should be some reaction?! But there's just the grey screen and no Smiling Computer and there are also no errors in the console (Linux).

I don't get it. ?

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 9:32 pm
by Mac Emu
In your home directory is a hidden file, I believe called .sheepshaver_prefs. Using a text editor to open it, please paste the contents of this file here.

If you run SheepShaver from a terminal prompt, are there any error messages?

./SheepShaver

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 6:33 am
by phirkel
Sounds to me like automount has struck again.

I don't know whether that code is a curse or a blessing for the average user, but I tend to lean towards the curse side...I don't like having the computer do funny stuff with my media behind my back.

Recompile your kernel without Automounting support (if you're unfamiliar with the procedure, check out http://www.tldp.org for a fantastic HOWTO on Kernel Recompiling). If you still have any problems after recompiling without Automounting, PM me and I'll see what I can do.

I wholeheartedly recommend people choose a less "Pampering" Linux distro, because you learn the OS FAR better. Debian or Gentoo are good places to start. Same with LFS ;)

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 7:30 pm
by Kilik
Thanks again,

i have read in this forum that the ROM from the OS 8.6 Install CD should work - but it's not working for me (right now). Maybe i'm doing something wrong?

I have installed (not compiled) the 2.2.8 RPM + Mandrake 9.2. I have 2 CD/DVD-ROMS.

Here's what the hidden prefs-File says:

disk /home/xxx/Mac OS
extfs /home/xxx/
windowmodes 3
screenmodes 0
seriala /dev/tts/0
serialb /dev/tts/1
rom Mac OS ROM
bootdrive 0
bootdriver -62
ramsize 134217728
frameskip 1
gfxaccel true
nocdrom false
nonet false
nosound false
nogui false
noclipconversion false
ignoresegv true
jit true
keyboardtype 5
keycodes false
mousewheelmode 1
mousewheellines 3
dsp /dev/sound/dsp
mixer /dev/sound/mixer
ignoresegv true

Thanks

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 11:21 pm
by Kilik
What should on the screen if the rom from the OS 8.6 Install CD is used? The Smiling Mac? Or something else?

Thanks

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 2:38 am
by Thyth
Well, when I had no disks installed to SheepShaver I got the questionmark.

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 7:00 pm
by Kilik
Hi Thyth,

which rom are you using? I have (like i have written before) the rom from the 8.6 CD and of course the 8.6 CD.

Which Linux Distro & which SheepShaver Versionb are you using?

Do the Icons (Smiling Mac etc.) appear before the Floppy/CD-Drives are initialized?

Thanks!

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:27 pm
by Thyth
A rom I pulled from an old-world 7500/100 Power Mac I have sitting around. I'm using Slackware 9.0 with the 1-25-04 CVS build of SheepShaver. I'm assuming that it initializes the floppy and CD first to determine that it can't boot from the disks. Have you tried booting it without any disks at all?