Trying to do all that to a Mac that is not connected to any network, from a Mac OS X or a Windows machine has been quite convoluted to say the least... What eventually worked for me was: - convert from bin format with Stuffit Expander on the emulated System 7 Mac on my Mac OS X - test to confirm that these images are able to create a complete CD image of the install - create a .img with Disk Copy for every part (19 disk images!) - copy the disk image files to a Windows machine - use WinImage to raw write each disk images to a diskette (rawwrite would work as well, but did not do so well on my Windows laptop) - move the diskettes over to the Performa and copy the contents over to the hard disk - start the install
There must be a smarter way, but believe me I tried several approaches that did not work. Remember the Performa had only the minimal system from Apples Network Access Disk. Expanding or decoding did not work. Any file with a resource fork could not be copied to the Performa (or more accurately: were not properly copied to a diskette either from a Mac OS X machine or a Windows machine). Anyway, the Performa is now in working condition, and able to recognise CD's so I should be able to move more stuff to it when I have received the burnable cd's I ordered... Now let's hope WinImage is able to raw write HFS cd's on my Windows machine... We'll see On Sep 11, 4:27 pm, chrisA <[email protected]> wrote: > robject wrote: > > Got the binaries from Apple, 20 1.4M files. Copied them all to the > > hard disk of the Performa 630. The first is the .smi but double- > > clicking results in a -39 error. > > These are all .bin files except the first one, which is a .sea.bin > > That *should* be .smi.bin > > > Could the files be corrupt? Is anyone able to confirm that > > using these files works for them? > > Yep, works for me. And Disc Copy validated the files as OK. > > Actually there are 19 files, not all of them the full 1.4MB. All have > a .bin (MacBinary) suffix to protect the Mac resource fork. > > This is a segmented Disk Copy self-mounting image, with the files in > MacBinary format. Stuffit and the ShrinkWrap Engine don't come in to > it. > > To keep things simple, get the 19 files on to the Performa with > the .bin suffix still there. Don't try to do anything with them on OS > X, or mess with emulators. > > You now need to convert the 19 files from MacBinary to their native > format. My version of Stuffit will do that, but so will many other > utilities - MacBinary isn't a Stuffit format. > > The .bin files look like this: > > System_7.5.3_01of19.smi.bin > System_7.5.3_02of19.part.bin > System_7.5.3_03of19.part.bin > etc. > > And after conversion they look like this: > > System 7.5.3 01of19.smi > System 7.5.3 02of19.part > System 7.5.3 03of19.part > etc. > > Now, with all 19 converted files in the same folder, you should be > able to double-click on the .smi file and get a mounted disc image on > the desktop. Opening it should show: > > Install System Software > Installer > System 7.5.3 Install (folder) > Installation Tome > Installation Tome 2 > System Morsels > System Orts > > ("System Orts" !? WTF are orts?) > > Good luck, > Chris Adams. > --- > The Mac SE Support Pageshttp://ccadams.org/se/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
