On 28 June 2017 at 18:05, Tapley, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > I did spend some time running a USB stick upstairs and down. The > self-mounting image (.smi) firmware update I found (4.1.9) is 1.3 MB on my > MacBook Pro before it goes onto the stick, but only 1 MB on the G3 when it > comes off the stick (in OS9). And, likely related, I get an error 39, > incomplete file, when I try to mount it on the G3. I will try booting back > into OSX.4 on the G3 and downloading from the USB stick that way, to see if > it helps. Also could try retrieving the file to the stick on the G4, mounting > the G3 as a Firewire target from the G4, etc.. - I want to get that .smi on > there intact!
Try formatting the stick on the Mac running Classic MacOS. It should be in HFS+ format, not FAT -- you can't safely move Classic MacOS files on FAT volumes. I would vigorously contest Classic MacOS as being in any way "clunky". It is the last of the line of real original Apple Macintosh operating systems. Mac OS X is a Unix, bought in from NeXT. It's a good Unix, a lovely smooth desktop OS -- I'm typing on it now -- but it's not a real Mac. They're totally different environments, with trivial cosmetic resemblances. But if you're not used to Classic, it's like nothing else you've ever used. -- Liam Proven • Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: [email protected] • Google Mail/Talk/Plus: [email protected] Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven • Skype/LinkedIn/AIM/Yahoo: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 • ČR/WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal: +420 702 829 053
