IIRC, Apple introduced the extended disk format with OS 8.2. This was a BIG change from OS 8.<2, and led to complications, so watch your version numbers.
E.g. Norton Disk Doctor for 8 pretty much fried my hard disk after I upgraded to 8.2. Fortunately, there was a program to undo the damage. I have disks for OS 8.0, 8.1 and 8.6, if they would help. Nelson Helm >Greetings >Can anyone out there help. >I have a powerPC 6500, 225 running 7.6.1 with a 68030 processor. I called >Apple and the tech told me that this computer would run up to 9.0, so that >shouldn't be the problem. I am trying to update my computer to 8.0 > >I keep getting the error >" Sorry, system error has occurred, illegal instruction. To temporary turn >off extensions, restart and hold down shift key. > >I have done that. When I turned off the extensions and booted up using the OS >8 as the startup disk I get the above problem. I have run the Norton >Utilities disc and there were a few problems on my hard drive that the "doc" >took care of. I turned off all my extensions except the start up disc and the >cd-rom extension, reboot holding down the "c" key and still get the same >error message. > >I have tried booting up from other discs and no problem occurred. But I put >the OS 8 in the cd-rom and get that error message. > >Any suggestions where the problem is, would be greatly appreciated. > > >Thanks >Jan > >The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 >For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of >activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
