Mini vMac help

the_kscorps · Post by **the_kscorps** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:18 am

Hello i am new here, but we will get to that later. Anyways i need a system 7.5 boot disk image please. It is frustrating to have downloaded all of those zip files and not seeing them work

! Thanks in advance!

Post by **ClockWise** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 5:07 am

Scroll all the way down to "Installing the Mac OS"

http://www.emaculation.com/articles/intro.html

the_kscorps · Post by **the_kscorps** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 5:47 am

Hey, thanks! Also, how do i change the desktop image?

Post by **ClockWise** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 5:51 am

I dunno if that image has all the control panels. Is there a "desktop pattern" control panel to fiddle with?

If not... you will have to get a fresh install of the OS. Now that you have an image to boot from, you should be able to install the OS after downloading it from the apple page. Ask if you need help with that.

Stephen Coates · Post by **Stephen Coates** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:15 am

You can change it from the Desktop Pattern control panels. If you downloaded 7. from Apple, it should be included as I'm pretty sure it was in mine. You just can't change it to a picture unless you use a special extra programme which I forgot the name of.

Post by **ClockWise** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:00 pm

I think the background changing program is Decor:

http://pauillac.inria.fr/~fpottier/decor.html.en

(link don't work right now)

But in vMac? Uhm... it's all tiny any black and white to begin with....

the_kscorps · Post by **the_kscorps** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:14 pm

ClockWise wrote:I dunno if that image has all the control panels. Is there a "desktop pattern" control panel to fiddle with?

If not... you will have to get a fresh install of the OS. Now that you have an image to boot from, you should be able to install the OS after downloading it from the apple page. Ask if you need help with that.

Yeah, i installed stuffit, but have no clue on the disk images.

Post by **ClockWise** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:34 pm

The mini vmac help page has a little guide:

http://minivmac.sourceforge.net/doc/start.html

Look for the part that starts with "if you have any sort..."

If you download the whole MacOS from the apple website you should be able to just "install it" after booting up the disk image you already have.

Take a look at the same article:

http://www.emaculation.com/articles/intro.html

Under the "Installing MacOs section." It's meant for Basilisk, but it should be about the same once you are inside the MacOS.