ShapeShifter reboots when booting from MacOS 8 CD

[motorollin]

I've just managed to get my CD-ROM working in ShapeShifter. If I boot from my MacOS 8.1 CD, it gets as far as loading the title bar and background of the OS, then the Amiga just reboots. I have tried booting the Mac without extensions but the same thing happens.

I'm running ShapeShifter 3.11 on OS3.9 with a Blizzard 060, 128MB RAM, SCSI, Mediator, Voodoo. Sometimes just before it reboots the cursor becomes corrupt, then the Amiga restarts. Other times the Amiga just restarts.

I have tried a Quadra 605 and an LC630 ROM. I also tried Basilisk II, but just get a Bus Error when I boot MacOS.

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moto

[motorollin]

Thanks, I'll try to get hold of a 2MB ROM image and try Basilisk.

Cheers

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moto

[motorollin]

The requirements on the box say "A Mac OS-based computer with a 68040 or PowerPC processor". So it should be ok shouldn't it? Does Shapeshifter emulate an 040 ok? Or does it depend on the ROM image you use?

The box also says it needs 128MB of RAM - does it really? I selected 64MB for the emulator.

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moto

[motorollin]

Hi Framiga, I just checked that and enabled NOCOPYBACK, and disabled REMAP8K. I booted again and got an error 'Sorry, a system error occurred. "Finder" CHK error [Restart]'

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moto

[motorollin]

Yes ShapeShifter was working with 7.5. I'm using a hardfile, not a Mac partition. The error message I mentioned before is gone now - it has gone back to just freezing again :-(

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moto

[motorollin]

Thanks for the info Seiya. My MacOS disc is version 8.1 out of the box, so I can't install 8.0 then upgrade it. I managed to get Basilisk II to boot from a 7.5.3 starter hardfile. I also added a 1GB hardfile for the OS, and got my CD-ROM working. So I booted from 7.5.3, and I'm just installing 8.1 on to the 1GB hard file. Will let you know if it works when it's done...

Thanks

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moto

[motorollin]

Well it didn't work. The emulated Mac hangs when booting the installed MacOS 8.1. Losing patience now! :-(

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moto

[motorollin]

Legerdemain wrote:
I've ran MacOS8.1 on my A1200 ... ShapeShifter had no problems whatsoever with the OS ... It was version 8.0 from CD, which I after the install updated to 8.1.

I think that's the point - I need to install 8.0 first. I wish Apple had put version 8.0 on the 8.1 disc, like on the OS3.9 disc! I have found somewhere to "obtain" 8.0, so I will try installing that.

Legerdemain wrote:
I just moved the hardfile to my Amiga and voilá.

Actually I got 8.1 working under Basilisk for Windows, and I did try copying the hardfile on to my Amiga. Didn't work though :-(

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moto

[motorollin]

@itix

Basilisk II v0.8 build 142.

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moto