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| How to install OS onto CF card | |
| Posted by: Realitystorm on 2021-01-01 06:31:29 I'm also updating my MAME entry, once I've got that done you should be able to use it to initialize your CF card however you want. https://www.savagetaylor.com/2018/12/26/setting-up-your-vintage-classic-68k-macintosh-using-mame/ | |
| Posted by: Challenger 1983 on 2021-01-01 12:06:40 So I downloaded your minimal 7.5.5 disk image and used BalenaEtcher to install it onto My SD card Annnnnndddddd......  it works!!!!! I am amazed, thank you so much RealityStorm, I am so excited to finally use my 2300c | |
| Posted by: LCARS on 2021-01-01 12:33:05 That's fantastic! It's nice to see another one up and running. | |
Posted by: Challenger 1983 on 2021-01-01 14:29:15That's fantastic! It's nice to see another one up and running.like the forum says!, All good Macs get liberated! | |
Posted by: Realitystorm on 2021-01-01 15:52:16it works!!!!!Glad to hear, I see in the pic that you have a 4GB card. My images currently max out at 2GB. Let me know if you want a 4GB version | |
Posted by: Challenger 1983 on 2021-01-01 16:07:56Glad to hear, I see in the pic that you have a 4GB card. My images currently max out at 2GB. Let me know if you want a 4GB versiondo you have a full version of 7.5.5, I would love a 4GB image as well. Thanks again | |
Posted by: Realitystorm on 2021-01-02 04:40:02do you have a full version of 7.5.5, I would love a 4GB image as well. Thanks againFor now you can do the full install yourself if you want using Basilisk II https://www.savagetaylor.com/2018/09/02/setting-up-your-vintage-classic-68k-macintosh-installing-the-full-version-of-system-7-5-5-or-6-0-8/ I'm debating updating my images to the full versions found on Apple's Legacy Software Recovery CD https://archive.org/details/AppleLegacyRecoveryOct1999, e.g:
For now you can also use Basilisk II to mount the recovery CD as a drive, and use the same approach I show for doing the full install of 7.5.5 to do a full install of 7.6.1 or 8.1 from the CD. E.g. setup Basilisk II with 3 drives: my bootable 7.5.5 image, the recovery CD, and a copy of my bootable 7.5.5 image that you plan to install System 7.6.1 and/or System 8.1 on to. For the 4GB image, if you won't need backwards compatibility with anything running below System 7.5.3 I can make a single volume image of 4GB. Multi-volume drive images are harder to work with and most emulators will butcher them if you try (still doing emulator tests to see which ones can or can't working with drive images). The workaround is using something like DD to breakup a drive image in to volume images, but to do that you need to know the exact sizes of all your volumes. I describe how I do that for my SCSI2SD card here: https://www.savagetaylor.com/2019/12/19/how-ive-setup-the-scsi2sd-that-i-use-in-my-lc-475/ The same approach would work for your CF card. | |
| Posted by: Challenger 1983 on 2021-01-02 06:21:30 I will download Basilisk II and install 8.1 that way, as for the CF card I won't need backwards Compatibility so a single volume image will be fine. | |
| Posted by: Challenger 1983 on 2021-01-02 17:04:27 I managed to install the full version of 7.5.3 and was happy enough with how it runs so I left it at that. Very happy with how this turned out, thanks to everyone who helped out | |
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