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- From: joewald@crl.com (Joseph Waldvogel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
- Subject: Re: Installing 7.5 OS
- Date: 20 Apr 1996 21:55:01 GMT
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- >I am having trouble installing the 7.5 OS on Shapeshifter. I followed the
- >docs for the custom installation but I didn't see the exact filenames that
- >are listed to install so I tried pick as closely as I could to what was
- >suggested to install.
- >
- >I always get an error at the end of trying to install disk 1. It doesn't
- >say what the error is just that it encountered an error while attempting to
- >finish installation. I never get past disk 1.
- >
- >Could someone help me? I also couldn't install other things but I figured it
- >was a limitation of using ssbootfile. Most programs don't ask me where I
- >want to install so they usually try to install in my ssbootfile filedisk and
- >of course it runs out of memory immediately.
-
- I had problems myself when I was trying to Install the System 7.5 onto my Hard
- Drive Partition. It would read part of Disk 1, and then when it went to write
- it would Abort on me. I could never get it to install. Though I could
- install it on a Devicefile ok. I tryed copying the system folder over from
- the Devicefile to the devicedrive, but it wouldn't bootup that way.
- I could access the devivedrive, Cpy stuff onto it,delete, and some things
- would run, others would crash when loading up from it. Seems Shapeshifter
- had/has problems using the GVP A1291 SCSI Controler. I bought a larger IDE
- drive to use, and it then worked great and the System 7.5 and 7.5.1 Software
- Installed onto the DeviceDrive with no problems at all!
-
- I have since got rid of the GVP card and bought a even larger 3.5" IDE drive
- to use, but also a Dataflyer SCSI+ card, Now that DOES seem to work with
- Shapeshifter just fine. I'm just using the SCSI drive though as a Backup
- Drive, it's a OLD 5.1/4" Full Hight drive of about 147 Megs.
-
- What I would suggest is copy the System folder over from the ssbootfile to
- your other device, Just boot up from the ssbootfile, and then drag the system
- folder over to the other device, and then Shutdown and reboot using the new
- device. It SHOULD bootup. If it does then maybe something is wrote with your
- Disk, or something, If it DOESN'T bootup, you might have a SCSI controler that
- Shapeshifter has problems with.
-
- >
- >I think my problems could be solved if I get the 7.5 OS installed. I have a
- >partition formatted as a mac devicedisk and it is 67 megs so space isn't a
- >problem.
- >
- >I'm typing this online so if this isn't enough info to go on let me know.
- >
-
- I started with System 7.5. So copy the system folder over from that
- ssbootfile to your 67 meg devicedisk and see if it boots up ok. It'll bootup
- quite QUICK from the devicedisk. One last thing, you are a Registered
- Shapeshifter user right? and not using a pirated keyfile?
-
-