So far I have managed to track it down to a defective control panel. "General Controls"

I will be looking into the matter more. So far with what i've experienced, there is no way to fix the errors created on the disks other than formatting them. So, before you format them, be sure to have another disk ready to copy files to for temporary backup. If the disk is damaged beyond repair, try and locate a copy of Norton Utilities as that will fix the problem so you can at least save files. (Both Norton and Disk First Aid will report serious problems which even when selected to repair/fix will still show up the next reboot.)

If you decide to install Mac OS 8 from the install CD, the best way to do it is to create a blank disk copy image and install on that. Then you can move the files manually over and remove the control panel to prevent damage. If you boot from the drive it will cause damage. (After installing Mac OS on a ID 0 disk will always prompt for a reboot, hence the disk image)

Hope this helps, and i will be posting updates if i find anything else. I am going to test how stable it is for now. I will try placing a older Control Panel to replace the bad one see if that works.

Citon x600

However I tried several disk images and Roms. I almost lost the ASLA Archives because of this lil problem. I can't quite get it to corrupt disks anymore but there is no Control Panel on the CD image from what I can see, but i have not looked that hard.

But I had 4 images that went corrupt with bad b-tree data when i installed from the OS 8 CD and also the screen would bug up. I removed the CP and now it works like a charm.

Perhaps someone managed to slip a virus in the installer? I run the latest Vrus scanner for the 68K Mac.

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The OS 8.1 dmg that was/is on the MLA servers is good, I've burned it to CD-R and have used it dozens of times. However, the 7.6.1 and 8.6 images there are definitely corrupt.

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And who needs 8.6 when 8.5.1 is cheap, easily obtainable, and more stable/compatible?
Mac OS 8.6 was the worst piece of crap that has come out of Cupertino since Jobs came back!

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