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So here is my second System 8 attempt to squeeze as much as possible and still compress down to 1.5M, complete with: System 8.0 732K / Finder 8.0 294K Control Panels Memory 7.5.9 38K MountImage 1.2b2 12K SCSIProbe 4.3 26K Extensions...

The SE/30 (at least) can't boot from HFS+, so for me, it's more of the support of getting more files (more small files) more efficiently on the storage size. For me, I would like to put a large uSD in the SCSI2SD with a relatively small HFS boot drive for the System Folder and a very large HFS+...

So here is a better System 8.1 attempt compressed down to 3.5M, complete with: System 8.1 2347K / Finder 8.0 294K Control Panels LiteSwitch 1.0 75K Memory 7.5.9 38K SCSIProbe 4.3 26K Extensions Apple CD-ROM 5.4.2 93K ISO 9660 File Access 5.2 20K Text Encoding...

I have spent a great deal of time trying to slim down the 8.1 System file, by comparing it side-by-side to the System file from the 8 boot floppy, First, I removed any resource in the 8.1 System which wasn't in the 8 System, rebooting between each removed resource, to test that it was still...

After some playing around on a long flight, I found a 0K resource named 'msys' which when removed, no longer prompts with the 'boot from floppy' message. When I have more time, I'd still like to find where the floppy message is stored so I can try to change the wording. At least I now know that...

I run a Macintosh Classic with 4MB, which is similar to a Plus, but not sure if the Classic already has a fan.

Have you tried using 10.4's Disk Utility to convert the image and then try to open it on OS9?

I finally found the trick to getting an 8.1 System suitcase to recognize HFS+ is including the 'Text Encoding Converter' extension! But this is 592K and the 8.1 System suitcase is more than 6M... I'm still searching how to slim it down. At least it will fit in a 12M disk image, so it should fit...

I have read about getting TCP through LocalTalk (PhoneNet adapters are cheap) to another old Mac which has ethernet can serve as a gateway. I haven't yet had time to try this (I need to clean out a lot of space before I can get to this project) so if you have PhoneNet adapters (and terminators)...

Hrm... so changing or removing that message might take some more free time than I have lately. At least I've now verified that the image boots fine in a real SE/30 using BMOW's FloppyEmu in HD20 mode.

Does anyone know how to remove this startup message with resedit or equivalent? Everything still technically works, it's just an big annoyance to click or press Return on every boot. OR!!! Is is possible to take this text and modify it to provide the user with some instructions for recovery?

So here is my System 8 attempt compressed down to 1.5M, complete with: System 8.0 732K / Finder 8.0 294K Apple CD-ROM 5.4.2 93K ISO 9660 File Access 5.2 20K MountImage 1.2b2 12K Apple HD SC Setup 7.5.1 87K Disinfectant 3.7.1 347K Disk Copy 4.2 24K Disk First Aid 8.1 153K System...

While the Virtual DVD Utility is small, I'm not sure how I can fit those other utilities in there and still compress down to 1.5M. I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to get an 8.1 System thinned down, since I want to get permanent HFS+ support. I'm kicking myself for not getting one of the 8M...

What is the smallest 8.1 System suitcase? Ideally I'd like to get an 8.1 System suitcase to get HFS+ support. This would definitely be doable in the 8M (Mega) SIMM, but unfortunately the 2M is the largest SIMM I can get.

That works! It's only 12K, so it can still fit without removing anything! Any other software which could be useful for emergency/recovery?

To clarify: +1 for the ZIP drive recommendation and initialize the discs on the SE with the patched Apple HD SC Setup utility to make them both recognizable and bootable. However, if it's just for transferring files, it might be better to use the Iomega tools to initialize them, as then you'll...

+1 for the ZIP drive recommendation and initialize the discs on the SE with the patched Apple SD HC utility to make them recognizable.

Disk Copy 4.2 is only 24KiB, but 6.3.3 is 1MiB. Oh, 4.2 doesn't have the ability to mount images? Grr... how do I squeeze it into a 2M boot image with everything else?

If you have the time to try and find out, it would be good to share the results here for others.

Using fc8, it does indeed shrink down to less than 1.5MB. Ideally I'd like to use the same microchip drive icon that the Macintosh Classic uses for its CMD+OPT+X+O ROM booting.