You write about many different issues making it difficult to respond.
1. If you have an existing setup and simply replace the old SheepShaver application by a new one, it should work. The issue with 10.12 and later macOS versions does not apply in that situation, because you already moved the new application manually to where the old application was.
2. Did you follow our SheepShaver for OSX setup manual? You may have encountered the stall during installation that is described in the setup manual. This is what the setup manual writes:
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In some configurations the system installation may stall at the very beginning while "Updating Apple hard disk drivers". It seems to happen especially with some system install CD disk images.
Wait at least several minutes to be sure that installation is indeed not proceeding past this stage, then cancel the operation and quit the installer. You may need to force quit SheepShaver as well.
Then start again, but in the screen where the actual installation can be started (usually the first screen after the software license agreement), click the "Options…" button and uncheck the option to "Update Apple Hard Disk Drivers". Installation should now proceed normally.
3. It is possible to copy the system folder from the smaller volume to the larger one, but it needs to be done inside SheepShaver and one needs to make sure the System Folder is "blessed" on the new volume. Here is a full description:
- In the volumes list in SheepShaver preferences, create a larger volume, for instance 1 or 2 GB (1000 or 2000 MB) in size.
- Shut down SheepShaver and start it again.
- Allow the new volume to be initialized. In the dialog, choose an appropriate name for the volume and Mac OS Extended for the format.
- Copy the content of the OS9 volume to the larger volume
- When the copy is complete, check whether the System Folder on the new volume shows its System Folder icon. If it only shows a generic folder icon, open the folder so the Finder can "see" the "System" and "Finder" files inside. That way the folder will obtain its icon. (This is called "blessing" the System Folder.)
- In the volumes list in preferences, remove the original OS9 volume, so SheepShaver can start up from the copied system.
- Shut down SheepShaver and start it again.
4. You can only install the game if the startup volume with System Folder is not locked.