[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At 06:18 PM -0800 02/29/2004, Russ Gibson wrote: > >I originally copied it to a CD from my PC, but it wouldn't > work, so I had to > >add an Ethernet card to the Mac and download the SMI's directly. > > smi == Self Mounting Image. It's an image of the virtual disk, with > a small application attached.
Yes... > However you got the smi onto your PC in the first place - either you > corrupted it by throwing away the resource fork (where the > application was stored), or it was encoded in MacBinary format (which > temporarily flattens Mac files so PCs can't ruin them). As usual, I left a piece out: Yes, they were in MacBinary, but my problem was I didn't have enough hard disk space to un-MacBinary the SMI as well as make a copy of it from OS9Helper. It was just a 500 MB hard disk, and OS 8 + applications took over 300 mb (and I am UNWILLING to pay for ####### DAVE!!! I feel strongly 'bout it in case you can't tell...). As I received more Mac's and hardware over the next week or two, things got a lot easier :-) Now I do what I said: I put a 1.2 GB SCSI hd in an external case, and I have all my Mac installs on it (IE 5.1.7, FWB Toolkit, OS9Helper, MacOS 9.2.1 OS9 Helper patched, MacOS 9.2.1 SMI, MacOS 9.2.2 OS9 Helper patched, MacOS 9.2.2 SMI), plus a minimal OS 9.2.2 with FWB installed for "emergency". Everything is easy and smooth now, but it was a royal PITA to begin with... However, I have also been able to create MacOS CD's from my PC by attaching a SCSI Hard Disk to it that has a MacOS partition of 640 MB or less, and using Nero 6.3 to create a hybrid ISO CD. I've done it multiple times now, and its worked flawlessy every time. --> Russ -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
