SE/30 System 7.5.3 installation problem

[fatal3rror]

Hi everyone,

I've been trying to do a clean install of System 7.5.3 on my SE/30 but have an issue near the end of installation which throws the following error:

The Installer Cannot copy the file "SimpleText Guide" onto the disk "Macintosh". Installation cannot continue. Please delete this file and try running the Installer again.

Is deleting the file and continuing installation really the right thing to do here?

This would be going onto a 2GB virtual SCSI device (SCSI device 0) hosted by a SCSI2SD v6 board.

 

[Nixontheknight]

Yes, I don’t believe that is needed unless you need the guide for simpletext

 

[fatal3rror]

Yes, I don’t believe that is needed unless you need the guide for simpletext

Good to know!

My next question would be: Where do I find this file? It does not seem to be on my installation disk.

 

[Nixontheknight]

Good to know!

My next question would be: Where do I find this file? It does not seem to be on my installation disk.

I don’t think it would be uncompressed on the installer disk, but next time you run the installer, just hit continue next time the error pops up

 

[fatal3rror]

I'm not given the option to continue. Or do you mean click "Install" again and start over?

Is it possible that the file is hidden somehow? I apologize if that is a dumb question.

 

[Nixontheknight]

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I'm not given the option to continue. Or do you mean click "Install" again and start over?

Is it possible that the file is hidden somehow? I apologize if that is a dumb question.

What happens if you hit “sorry?” And I don’t think hiding files is possible in the Mac OS

 

[fatal3rror]

What happens if you hit “sorry?” And I don’t think hiding files is possible in the Mac OS

If I hit "sorry", it kicks me back to the "Install System Software" screen where I can restart the install.

I didn't think hiding files was possible on this OS but I thought I'd ask!

I've tried with 3 different sets of floppy images for System 7.5.3 (including those which came with my BMOW floppy emulator) and gotten the exact same result after making it to Disk #10 (at least that's what I think it was).

 

[fatal3rror]

Disk #10 (at least that's what I think it was).

I was wrong -- its Disk #12.

Has anyone else had this problem when trying to install 7.5.3?

 

[BacioiuC]

Can you disable Simple Text when doing a custom install?

 

[Crutch]

It sounds like the issue is with your HD, not the installer. Is your disk almost full? Have you run any HD verification tools to ensure you don’t have bad sectors etc. where it’s trying to write that file?

It actually is possible to have hidden files under system software versions going all the way back to 1984 (the term used is “invisible”) but I don’t think that’s relevant here.

You certainly don’t need that file. Trying a ”Custom Install” and disabling SimpleText is a good idea.

 

[LaPorta]

There’s always the possibility that the SimpleText program is corrupt on the install disk as well.

 

[fatal3rror]

It sounds like the issue is with your HD, not the installer. Is your disk almost full? Have you run any HD verification tools to ensure you don’t have bad sectors etc. where it’s trying to write that file?

I think the installation issue had to do with my HD. After wiping the SD card and flashing the SCSI2SDv6 with the newest firmware I was able to successfully install OS 7.5.3!

Unfortunately then I had a different problem -- the system wouldn't boot up and instead hung at "Welcome to Macintosh".



I've got a Mac ROM-inator II with 128 MB RAM installed and this turned out to be the culprit.

I booted into the ROM drive of the ROM-inator and used ResEdit to do the following to both "System 7.5 Update" and "System" files in "System Folder":

‘gusd’ resource ‘ID 1’ at offset ‘000018’, replace data ‘0008 0003 0009 0003‘ with data ‘0008 0003 0009 0005‘

As per https://www.bigmessowires.com/mac-se30-with-upgraded-rom/

Now everything works perfectly!