[2] Mac OS 8.6 On Disk Image SheepShaver

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All these download files consist of extremely compressed empty disk images for emulators (such as SheepShaver or Basilisk II) that are to be used as hard drive to store files and/or the operating system. Once inflated, they will instantly take the whole space they are marked at. These empty disk images range from 2GB HFS formatted (appropriate for Mac OS 6, 7 or 8) up to 32GB HFS+ formatted (Mac OS 8.1, 9 or early Mac OS X).

[2] Mac OS 8.6 On Disk Image SheepShaver

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Note: Please be patient when extracting these blank disk images, as your hard disk has to write the whole space (up to 30GB) so it might take a couple minutes depending on your computer specs.

I've got OS 9.0.4 up and running. My issues is that when I try to install Performer 2.6 (now Digitial Performer) from my .iso image, the installer starts then, after I select Install, I get the following message:

This page provides a system that makes it easy to set up and use SheepShaver under macOS 10.12 or later. You will need to supply a "ROM file" (as described below) and you will need an installation CD for any version of the Mac OS from OS 8.5 through 9.0.4, or a disk image of such a CD, as described below.

1. Download the application bundle here. It is enclosed in a 13 MB ZIP file. Extract it and move it from the Downloads folder to any other place on your hard disk. Launch it once so that macOS will request the permissons it needs.The first time you launch it, it will display a warning that you need to add a ROM file, and SheepShaver will not start. Close the warning message and follow the next steps.

3. Prepare an installation-disk image for installing Mac OS 8.5 through 9.0.4. The step that follows this one (step 4) requires you to have a copy of an OS 8.5 through 9.0.4 installation CD on a disk image. (You cannot use an actual CD, only an image made from a CD.) The installation CD image must be one that was made from a retail CD, not one that came with a specific machine. Note that when installing, you should not try to format or initialize the virtual hard disk; it is already formatted, and contains some Apple-supplied updates for OS 8.6 and 9.0.4 in a disk image file in a folder named "OS Updaters". Some of these are US-English versions; other versions may be found through a web search.

(Important note: When installing OS 9, when you reach the menu that lets you specify which parts of the OS you want to install, click Options and turn off the option to "Update Apple Hard Disk Drivers"; for reasons that I don't understand, the OS installation will stall when this option is on. When booting from an OS 8.5 CD image, hold down the shift key to turn extensions off, or else the CD image may not boot; this is not required with OS 8.6.)

4. Start up SheepShaver and start working in Mac OS 8 or 9. When you restart the SheepShaver Wrapper again, it should now boot to the copy of Mac OS 8 or 9 that you installed; the installation-disk image will notbe mounted. The "Unix" folder in SheepShaver will be set to be your Documents folder in macOS. If you want to use a different folder as the "Unix" folder, or if you want to change the screen size or other features, use the Preferences menu.

The virtual hard disk in the system is a 4GB disk. If that does not provideenough disk space for your purposes, create a second disk, using the procedures described in the wiki at Emaculation.com. Or use the SheepShaver Preferences to add the unformatted Backup 4GB disk also included in the system.

> John wrote:
> > My OS 9.x volume in Sheep Shaver only has 9MB free. How can I boost up
> > the disk space?
>
> AFAIK you can't. You have to create a new volume, and copy over all the files.
>
> Geoff.

It does not work. I create a disk image, add it in the Sheep Shaver
prefs, quit sheep shaver and the new drive never shows. Also I am having
many issues with the Unix Volume. It seems like am always getting a
"can be found message" and I need to quit sheep shaver to get it back.

> In article ,
> "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote:
>
> > John wrote:
> >
> > > K. I create a new volume and then copy? Bye the way what happened to my
> > > thread about running OS 9 under SL?
> >
> >
> > Yes, once you copy open the system folder on the new volume and click on the
> > system file. This "blesses" the folder so the system knows to boot from it.
> >
> > Or you could just add a second volume and not bother.
> >
> > Geoff.
>
> It does not work. I create a disk image, add it in the Sheep Shaver
> prefs, quit sheep shaver and the new drive never shows. Also I am having
> many issues with the Unix Volume. It seems like am always getting a
> "can be found message" and I need to quit sheep shaver to get it back.

I have run SheepShaver for a long time with two mountable disks plus the
UNIX volume; works just fine.Now if somebody could just tell me how to get Pro Pinball under SS to
access the CD drive so I can play the soundtrack...Isaac

You should quit sheep shaver before adding any drives with the
preferences utility.With regards to the unix disk drive, it isn't a foolproof way to
exchange files. (For instance, files with classic resource forks may not
copy properly to the emulated MacOS because it thinks it is copying from
a Unix system without rousrouce forks. (you can zip the file or other
method to package it then copy it to the MacOS and unpack it at which
point resource forks will be created properly.

I loaded the 400MB image to the shared folder and copied all my apps to
that and boot from the image in sheep shaver. So all works. I got my
icons back (as Mac cant rebuild desktop of unix volume).

The desktop was handled oddly in Classic Mac OS. Every non-removable drive had its own Desktop Folder, and the contents of those folders from every mounted disk were displayed together on the desktop. By default, dragging a file from any disk to the desktop would attempt to move it to that drive's Desktop Folder, rather than copying it to another disk.

As a workaround, create a folder on the desktop -- by default, this will be created on your startup disk -- then drag your file into that folder to copy it to that disk. Once you've copied the file, you can move it back out to the desktop if you so desire.

SheepShaver is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). However, you still need a copy of MacOS and a PowerMac ROM image to use SheepShaver. If you're planning to run SheepShaver on a PowerMac, you probably already have these two items.

Installing a larger disk image into Chubby Bunny turned out to be quite easy. The three supplied disk images are standard Mac OS X .dmg files, and are simply recognized by name. When Chubby Bunny sees a .dmg file in /Users/Shared with one of the names it recognizes, it mounts it as a disk into your Mac OS 9 instance and that is that. Banking on Chubby Bunny not checking anything but the .dmg file name, I created a 12 GB .dmg file using Disk Utility. I gave this new disk image the same name as the Chubby Bunny 1.2 GB disk image, and then replaced the 1.2 GB disk image in /Users/Shared with this new but same-named 12 GB disk image. Bingo! It worked. Chubby Bunny happily mounted the 12 GB disk image into my Mac OS 9 instance and all was well. First problem solved!

Whether you prefer the hardware cursor version or the software cursor version is mainly a matter of taste on fast host machines. It will depend on the applications you use in SheepShaver. The hardware cursor version uses one cursor inside and outside the SheepShaver window, but does not correctly display custom cursors of some applications inside SheepShaver. The software cursor version displays all cursor images correctly, but cursors are switched between the Mac OS and the Mac OS X cursor when moving in and out of the SheepShaver window. On slow host machines the software cursor may move jerkily in SheepShaver, even to the extend of being unusable.

The keycodes file is not needed (but does no harm either) when only a US American QWERTY keyboard layout will be used. If you did not get a keycodes file with your SheepShaver application, you can download one from my site: ronaldpr/sheepshaverforum/keycodes.zip

Note: The CD disk image file (for instance a .iso file) should be locked to make sure the system will be satisfied that it is running from a CD. You can lock the file in Finder Info (command-I on the selected file and check the "locked" checkbox).

The settings will be saved in a invisible file .sheepshaver_prefs in your Home folder. The following description assumes that SheepShaver is set up for the first time and there is no pre-existing /.sheepshaver_prefs file.

Choose an appropriate name for the image file, for instance MacOS9. (An extension .dsk will be suggested, but no extension is needed.) Choose a size for the volume (for instance 500MB or 1000MB) and save the file in the SheepShaver folder. (Creating a large disk image may take a while after the "Save" button is clicked, wait till the created volume appears in the Volumes list.)

(Only if a CD disk image file is used instead of a real install CD: Use the "Add..." button to find and "Open" the CD disk image file in the SheepShaver folder. The file will appear in the Volumes list below the created volume.)