Hi Ken... Just a couple more questions. I successfully installed Os 9 into SheepShaver. Although I created a hard disk - OS9HD - as you suggested, when I loaded OS 9, it loaded into a hard disk called "untitled" which I retitled OS9HD when the system was up and running. It seems to be the same disk. At least the untitled disk was the same size as the size I had specified when I set up SheepShaver.
I'm wanting to approach SheepShaver like it was the Classic window in OSX on the PPC meaning that I want to access files on my OSX hard disk from the SheepShaver window. However, although I can't anything that looks like a users guide for SheepShaver, it looks like I need to load files and applications into the SheepShaver environment by burning the files I want to move to SheepShaver onto a CD ROM and then reading it in SheepShaver. Jim on 9/27/06 9:16 PM, Ken Ray wrote: > On 9/27/06 6:53 PM, "Jim Carwardine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Actually, I'm having trouble understanding how to install SheepShaver as >> well. The web site assumes a certain level of technical savvy I don't have. >> Ken, can you give us a 6 line primer on how to find such things as the OS >> ROMs, etc?... Jim > > Here's the steps I followed (found this on the Ambrosia Software Web Board - > watch the line breaks) - it's a bit more than 6 lines though <grin>: > > 1. Create a folder for all the SheepShaver data to go into. I would > suggest something easy to type, like "sheepshaver" in your home directory. > For the purposes of this, I'll assume that you chose > /Users/username/sheepshaver. > > 2. Create a folder "share" in the "sheepshaver" folder (for later). > > 3. Get a Mac ROM. The one in your Classic system folder may work (I've > been told it should, but mine didn't). I would suggest downloading a ROM > update from Apple and using TomeViewer to extract the ROM. (TomeViewer is a > Classic app itself.) > > You can get the ROM here: > > http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/ > MultiCountry/Macintosh/System/Mac_OS_ROM/Mac_OS_ROM_Update_1.0.smi.bin > > And TomeViewer here: > > http://www.macresource.com/mrp/software/tomeviewer-13d3.sit > > Find a machine that can run Classic or already has OS 9, download the ROM > Update and TomeViewer, decompress them and launch TomeViewer. You can then > choos to open a "tome", which will be on the disk image for the ROM Update. > There's an extract option, so select the ROM file and extract it. However > you obtain the ROM, name it "ROM" and place it inside the "sheepshaver" > folder. > > 4. Download SheepShaver. (You want the "MacOS X Universal Binary" near > the bottom of the page.) > > You can get SheepShaver here: > > http://www.gibix.net/dokuwiki/en:projects:sheepshaver > > 5. Decompress SheepShaver and put it where you want. I would suggest > keeping it seperate from the "sheepshaver" folder created above, and naming > the application folder "SheepShaver-May06" (or whatever date the release > was). All of the releases for a while have been numbered 2.3, so the only > way to tell them apart is the date. > > 6. Open "SheepShaverGUI.app". > > 7. Create a SheepShaver hard drive. Press "Create..." in the window that > appears. Change the size to something usable; I would suggest 400-600 MB. > Navigate to your "sheepshaver" folder and name the drive something like > "os9hd". Press "OK"; it will take a few moments to create the drive (the > program hasn't frozen). > > 8. Change the "Unix Root" to /Users/username/sheepshaver/share (or > wherever your "sheepshaver" folder is). > > 9. In the "Graphics/Sound" tab, make sure that Window mode is selected > (fullscreen will freeze in this version!) with a refresh rate of 60hz. > Change the width/height to either 640x480, 800x600, or 1024x768, depending > on your screen size. I would recommend you use a standard 4:3 resolution > (one of the three I listed). Make sure "QuickDraw Acceleration" is on, and > "Disable Sound" is off (don't worry about the Output and Mixer devices, they > aren't used on OS X). > > 10. In Keyboard/Mouse, turn off "Use Raw Keycodes" and set "Mouse Wheel > Function" to your liking if you have a mouse wheel (which isn't recognized > by OS 9 so SheepShaver has to do something else to pretend). > > 11. In Serial/Network, make sure "slirp" is the Ethernet interface. > > 12. In Memory/Misc, set the RAM size to something reasonable given your > computer. 128MB should be more than fine (have it set to 64 just to quickly > jump in and out of OS 9, if you're planning on doing a lot you should > probably do 128 or higher). Change the ROM path to > /Users/username/sheepshaver/ROM (or wherever your "sheepshaver" folder is). > You can use the Browse... button for that. Turn off "Ignore Illegal Memory > Accesses" and turn on "Don't Use CPU when idle". > > 13. Insert your OS 9 (or earlier) install disk, then press the "Start" > buttton at the bottom. It should boot from the CD; you can then initialize > your OS 9 hard drive and install OS 9. > > NOTE: If you are either told that it crashed (less likely) or you get the > standard question mark blinking in the disk icon, don't panic. Sometimes > this happens. If so, quit SheepShaver (you may have to force quit), and then > with your OS 9 disk in the drive, launch the "SheepShaver.app" application > (NOT the "SheepShaver GUI" app). It should "kick in" and recognize the CD > and boot from there. > > 15. Use Special -> Shutdown to always shut down SheepShaver (just like a > real Mac). After the install, shut down and remove the CD. Run > "SheepShaver.app" again. Open the "Sound" (not "Moniters and Sound") control > panel and set the output correctly so you can hear sound. Sound and > networking should both work; you're good to go! > > HTH, > > Ken Ray > Sons of Thunder Software > Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution -- www.TalentSeeker.ca www.HiringSmart.ca/ns www.KeepingTheBest.ca/ns <http://www.OwnYourFuture-net.com> Own Your Future Consulting Services Limited, 23 Shoal Cove Road, Seabright, Nova Scotia, Canada. B3Z 3A9 Phone: 902-823-2339. Fax: 902-823-2139 _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution