How to get a bootdisk to open on the desktop?

[protocol7]

Probably could have worded this better but anyway...

Here's what I want:

Here's what I get:

I'm trying to repair an install CD that was imaged badly in OS X. I've removed .DS_Store files and OS X folders like .Trashes, repaired timestamps and got it more or less back to how it should be. The one thing I CANNOT get it to do, however, is open up when it boots to the desktop. I thought it was related to OpenFolderListDF but I've tried updating and replacing it numerous times without any success.

 

[LCGuy]

The key is to leave the window open when the last time you unmount the image before burning the CD. This is how software companies used to make their install disks open the window automatically when you inserted the disk.

One problem might be with the fact that you're creating the image in OS X...try using Disk Copy on an OS 9 system if you can.

 

[protocol7]

I'm not trying to do this in OS X, it's in OS8.6. On Sheepshaver actually. What I do is load the toast image in Sheepshaver (as a hard disk in read/write mode). Then once the changes are made, I shut down Sheepshaver, make the file read-only and try booting from it. I've tried deleting the OpenFolderListDF file, and then either restarting or shutting down while the window is still open. But while the window will open if I boot from the hard disk, it won't if I boot from the CD. If I leave the window open and then eject the CD, it loses the Desktop and Trash folders and is rendered unbootable.

 

[applefreak]

bootable CD

with toast 4 or 5

choose Mac Os CD ( not > Mac OS Extended = not bootable )

data, starting with the image file or the content of your system folder

perhaps you can write a CD in OS X with the image file you created

(never tried)

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with OS 9.1 or later :

create a 'blessed' system folder

- open the system folder

- move the 'system' file to the desktop ( move, not copy)

- put the 'system' file back in the system folder

the system folder is 'blessed' and bootable

 

[protocol7]

The image is bootable. I think the issue goes back to the fact that the original desktop folder was stripped (possibly by ejecting it while mounted as the Trash folder was also missing). If I load/mount the image in OS8 or OS9 it will open the window just fine on the currently running desktop. But it won't do so on it's own desktop if I boot from it.

I added a "Desktop Folder" folder to the image to replace the missing one but I think it's not behaving correctly as a result. If I run Filebuddy and get it to rebuild the desktop it creates a "Desktop" system file. But even this makes no difference. I've also ran Diskwarrior on it to make sure there are no other issues.

 

[BeniD82]

Not sure if that would work, but you could try putting and alias of the folder you want to pop open (or in this case, the drive partition) into the startup item folder within the system folder. Like I said, not sure if that'll work, but you could try.