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I just noticed (by accident) that the Disk Tools Floppy included with 7.6 will boot on a 68000/020/030-24bit. As far as I know, it is actually a 7.6 System file, and not 7.5.5 renamed. So I tried to get the Install Me First disk to work.
I replaced (based on previous "OS 8 on 030" hacks) the following from the Disk Tools system file:
'boot' ID 3 , 'gbly' id -16385
And the installer booted! (It needs 8 MB RAM to start the install, so this excludes Plus/SE/Classic)
PROBLEM 1: I can't add "Wish I were" to the Install Me First disk, because there is no System folder. Attempting to move the System file into a folder and adding Wish I Were to it results in a Sad Mac, probably because the disk has oddball boot blocks that make it boot without a System Folder, and start the installer.
I worked around this by booting from Disk Tools with WIW added and then using a 2nd drive for the Install Me First. It installs perfectly.
PROBLEM 2: Once installed, the system does not boot even if 'boot' ID 3 , 'gbly' id -16385 are changed. It freezes on Welcome to Mac OS (and also tends to crash Mini vMac).
Does anyone have any ideas? To help, the attached image is a copy of Disk tools with Wish I Were already set to Classic II.
helper_bw_76.image.zip
I replaced (based on previous "OS 8 on 030" hacks) the following from the Disk Tools system file:
'boot' ID 3 , 'gbly' id -16385
And the installer booted! (It needs 8 MB RAM to start the install, so this excludes Plus/SE/Classic)
PROBLEM 1: I can't add "Wish I were" to the Install Me First disk, because there is no System folder. Attempting to move the System file into a folder and adding Wish I Were to it results in a Sad Mac, probably because the disk has oddball boot blocks that make it boot without a System Folder, and start the installer.
I worked around this by booting from Disk Tools with WIW added and then using a 2nd drive for the Install Me First. It installs perfectly.
PROBLEM 2: Once installed, the system does not boot even if 'boot' ID 3 , 'gbly' id -16385 are changed. It freezes on Welcome to Mac OS (and also tends to crash Mini vMac).
Does anyone have any ideas? To help, the attached image is a copy of Disk tools with Wish I Were already set to Classic II.
helper_bw_76.image.zip