ShapeShifter reboots when booting from MacOS 8 CD

[Seiya]

Shapeshifter can handle without any problem MacOS 8.1 with 1MB rom image.

First it need to install MacOS 8.0 and then install 8.1 update.
In this case it works on many different amiga..
Maybe there some problem to update to 8.1.. :/

However in MacOS 8.1 CD should be included some rom images (into macos 8.5 PPC are included rom images).

[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

[Seiya]

However i saw and i red in some forum and chat, that 8.1 version in some case and in some amiga platform cause some problems like you.

Sure, macos 8.0 works very well.
Shapeshifter support macos 8.1, but don't works on any configuration.

[Legerdemain]

Sounds rather odd.

I've ran MacOS8.1 on my A1200 equipped with Blizzard 1230, and later on, on the same machine, with Blizzard 1260 together with a Mediator/Voodoo3. ShapeShifter had no problems whatsoever with the OS.

However, I did install it through Basilisk under Windows since my Amiga had no CD-Rom at the time. It was version 8.0 from CD, which I after the install updated to 8.1. I just moved the hardfile to my Amiga and voilá.

[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

[itix]

@motorollin

What version of Basilisk II you are using on Windows?

[motorollin]

@itix

Basilisk II v0.8 build 142.

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moto