larry@pro-odyssey.cts.com (System Administrator) (05/03/91)
I recently added a hard drive to my IIgs and have come upon a problem that
I am hoping someone can help me with.
I installed 5.0.4 using the installer.
the problem is when I try to run many programs from the HD I get an error
that reads:
Sorry ProDOS 8 is not a compatable version
one progam for example is Proterm. It will not run as long as I boot from
the HD but works fine if I boot from the proterm disk.
Any ideas, hints, suggestions?
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ProLine: larry@pro-odyssey
Internet: larry@pro-odyssey.cts.com
UUCP: crash!pro-odyssey!larry
ARPA: crash!pro-odyssey!larry@nosc.milPKBRANDON@MSUS1.MSUS.EDU (05/03/91)
This is the old problem of changing versions of the 8-bit Prodos. System 5.04 contains version 1.9; Proterm was shipped with an earlier version that's not compatible with System 5.04 GS/OS. Solution: copy *P8* from your HD System 5.04 to the proterm disk and rename it *Prodos*, and/or copy your programs (but not Prodos) onto your hard drive.
unknown@cats.ucsc.edu (Matt Ackeret) (05/04/91)
In article <8985@crash.cts.com> larry@pro-odyssey.cts.com (System Administrator) writes: >I recently added a hard drive to my IIgs and have come upon a problem that >I am hoping someone can help me with. >I installed 5.0.4 using the installer. >the problem is when I try to run many programs from the HD I get an error >that reads: > Sorry ProDOS 8 is not a compatable version Yeah this is REALLY weird. I even re-downloaded the 5.04 System Disk and Tools Disk from apple.com to definitely show that this is happen- ing, but I've not gotten around to re-installing them... (you have to deal with those DAMN 3.5" floppies... heheheh... Less than a week with a hard drive and I'm acting like this.. Still takes about 40 seconds to boot though, almost as much as off of a floppy) Just get a copy of PRODOS version 1.8 off of some other disk and rename it as P8 and copy it over the P8 on the boot disk. -- /unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu Apple IIGS Forever! unknown@cats.ucsc.edu\ |WANT to help get ULTIMA VI //e or GS written?-mail me. CHEAP CD info-mail me.| \ McIntosh Junior: The Power to Crush the Other Kids. /
philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) (05/04/91)
In article <15363@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@cats.ucsc.edu (Matt Ackeret) writes: [quotes ProDos ver1.9 problems] > Just get a copy of PRODOS version 1.8 off of some other disk and rename >it as P8 and copy it over the P8 on the boot disk. Can you do this? I tried, and failed. That is, ProDos ver1.8 won't work with System5.04, even if you rename it to P8. I'd like to be off base here as a few programs do seem to be ProDos ver1.9 hostile. Philip McDunnough University of Toronto
mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (05/04/91)
In article <15363@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@cats.ucsc.edu (Matt Ackeret) writes: >In article <8985@crash.cts.com> larry@pro-odyssey.cts.com (System Administrator) writes: >>I installed 5.0.4 using the installer. >>the problem is when I try to run many programs from the HD I get an error >>that reads: >> Sorry ProDOS 8 is not a compatable version > > Yeah this is REALLY weird. I even re-downloaded the 5.04 System >Disk and Tools Disk from apple.com to definitely show that this is happen- >ing, but I've not gotten around to re-installing them... (you have to >deal with those DAMN 3.5" floppies... heheheh... Less than a week with >a hard drive and I'm acting like this.. Still takes about 40 seconds to boot >though, almost as much as off of a floppy) > > Just get a copy of PRODOS version 1.8 off of some other disk and rename >it as P8 and copy it over the P8 on the boot disk. >-- There have been so many reports of this problem that I spent some time today looking at the 5.0.4 on apple.com and examining it. As far as I can tell so far, it's exactly correct. ProDOS 8 v1.9 is included and everything works as advertised for me. Now, listen to this part carefully: IF PRODOS 8 v1.8 WORKS FINE FOR YOU, YOU ARE _NOT_ RUNNING 5.0.3 or 5.0.4. Something has gone wrong somewhere. 5.0.3 and 5.0.4 require ProDOS 8 version 1.9, which is included. I'm anxious to know what happens to your system when you reinstall. -- ============================================================================ Matt Deatherage, Developer Technical | The opinions expressed herein are Support, Apple Computer, Inc. | not those of Apple Computer, and Personal mail only, please. Thanks. | shame on you for thinking otherwise. ============================================================================
whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com (Tae Song) (05/07/91)
|I recently added a hard drive to my IIgs and have come upon a problem that |I am hoping someone can help me with. | |I installed 5.0.4 using the installer. | |the problem is when I try to run many programs from the HD I get an error |that reads: | Sorry ProDOS 8 is not a compatable version | |one progam for example is Proterm. It will not run as long as I boot from |the HD but works fine if I boot from the proterm disk. | |Any ideas, hints, suggestions? |---- |ProLine: larry@pro-odyssey |Internet: larry@pro-odyssey.cts.com |UUCP: crash!pro-odyssey!larry |ARPA: crash!pro-odyssey!larry@nosc.mil Your problem is very simple. You require version 1.9 of ProDOS, which resides under the name P8 in you System folder. INET: whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com UUCP: crash!gnh-starport!whitewolf ARPA: crash!gnh-starport!whitewolf@nosc.mil