gpz500
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Hi everyone!
I'm a very newbie about vintage Macs and I've recently picked up a Macintosh SE/30 with System 7.0.1 in German. I installed System 7.5.3 (then updated to 7.5.5) in English (I don't speak German...) in an new System Folder (clean install without having erased the hard disk).
Now, the Virtual Memory is working when I boot System 7.0.1, but is not working when I boot System 7.5.5. The Memory control panel says that the virtual memory will be activated after the reboot, but after every reboot, the Virtual Memory is not activated again.
At first I was thinking that the problem was some bad sector on the disk so I ran Lido 7, that remapped some bad sectors, and now the disk seems okay.
I tried disabling VM on 7.0.1 side, rebooting, etc., but the result is always the same: the VM will be activated after the next reboot... :-(.
The Mac has 20 MB RAM and MODE32 installed in both the System Folders (different versions, I presume; I installed MODE32 version 7.5 on 7.5.5 side, after having updated to 7.5.5).
Maybe I should have erased the volume before installing System 7.5? Can I fix Virtual Memory without reinstall System Software?
Another question is: what is the quicker way to switch between two different System Folders?
Edit: self-response: probably System Picker... :b&w:
Many thanks to any advice! And sorry for my English, which is not my preferred language... ;-)
I'm a very newbie about vintage Macs and I've recently picked up a Macintosh SE/30 with System 7.0.1 in German. I installed System 7.5.3 (then updated to 7.5.5) in English (I don't speak German...) in an new System Folder (clean install without having erased the hard disk).
Now, the Virtual Memory is working when I boot System 7.0.1, but is not working when I boot System 7.5.5. The Memory control panel says that the virtual memory will be activated after the reboot, but after every reboot, the Virtual Memory is not activated again.
At first I was thinking that the problem was some bad sector on the disk so I ran Lido 7, that remapped some bad sectors, and now the disk seems okay.
I tried disabling VM on 7.0.1 side, rebooting, etc., but the result is always the same: the VM will be activated after the next reboot... :-(.
The Mac has 20 MB RAM and MODE32 installed in both the System Folders (different versions, I presume; I installed MODE32 version 7.5 on 7.5.5 side, after having updated to 7.5.5).
Maybe I should have erased the volume before installing System 7.5? Can I fix Virtual Memory without reinstall System Software?
Another question is: what is the quicker way to switch between two different System Folders?
Edit: self-response: probably System Picker... :b&w:
Many thanks to any advice! And sorry for my English, which is not my preferred language... ;-)
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