farmer@ecs.umass.edu (THE MAD MUSKRAT) (05/20/91)
Hi all,
System 7 does not install properly on my SE/30. This is the scenario. I
uploaded the install disks and mounted the images with MountImage. I then
ran the installer, and it produced no errors. So I rebooted.
What happened next was I got the happy mac, and then the welcome to macintosh
dialogue box appears. Then the drive stops and the dialogue box begins to
shimmer (as though being redrawn at a high rate).
The stranger part is that this same installer was used on a Mac Plus with no
trouble at all (with MountImage).
Does anyone know what is up?? I also tried the customize option with no luck
(same problem). Also tried this installer on another SE/30 and same problem.
I had no inits in the system folder.....(hide them in another folder)
I also have 5Meg ram and I am running 6.0.7 (still).
I will try to re-upload the files, but it seems strange that I could unstuff,
binhex and run the installer without error if the problem was in the
upload....(I used the 800K disks).
Anyone with ideas, or similar problems????
Thanks,
Matt Farmer
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farmer@saturn.ucc.umass.edufarmer@ecs.umass.edu (THE MAD MUSKRAT) (05/20/91)
Hi,
I figured out my problem. Apparently after you install, and reboot if there
is a second hard drive that the system can boot of (even if it is of higher
SCSI id) it boots of the other drive. The other drive had a mac plus
installation that caused the crash.
So I just turned that drive off, and it booted off mine and worked!! Then, I
could boot with boot drives on and it booted off of mine. Strange, but I
don't care!!
Matt Farmer
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farmer@saturn.ucc.umass.edunerm@Apple.COM (Dean Yu) (05/22/91)
In article <13743.2836cecd@ecs.umass.edu> farmer@ecs.umass.edu (THE MAD MUSKRAT) writes: >Hi all, > >System 7 does not install properly on my SE/30. This is the scenario. I >uploaded the install disks and mounted the images with MountImage. I then >ran the installer, and it produced no errors. So I rebooted. > >What happened next was I got the happy mac, and then the welcome to macintosh >dialogue box appears. Then the drive stops and the dialogue box begins to >shimmer (as though being redrawn at a high rate). > >The stranger part is that this same installer was used on a Mac Plus with no >trouble at all (with MountImage). > >Does anyone know what is up?? I also tried the customize option with no luck >(same problem). Also tried this installer on another SE/30 and same problem. >I had no inits in the system folder.....(hide them in another folder) > >I also have 5Meg ram and I am running 6.0.7 (still). > >I will try to re-upload the files, but it seems strange that I could unstuff, >binhex and run the installer without error if the problem was in the >upload....(I used the 800K disks). > >Anyone with ideas, or similar problems???? > The Installer is known to have problems with using MountImage images. Your best bet is to install from real floppies or from a server. -- Dean Yu Blue Meanie, Negative Ethnic Role Model, etc. Apple Computer, Inc. blah blah blah blah...