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Mac OS9 working with SheepShaver on Mac OS X can't install .img nor see .smi

Racoon1986

Racoon1986

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Oct 2, 2010
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Hi I'm from Germany! Recently I stumbled upon a Game I used to play with my brother for hours and hours it is called Lode Runner The Legend Returns. The Problem is that it doesn't actually work on OS X so I used SheepShaver to run OS9 on my computer. So I found Load Runner on macintoshgarden.com and downloaded it. I was bringing it over to the Mac OS 9, when I realized that ".img" was not recognized by the system because a window emerged:

"The Document TLR.img could not be opened, because the application Disk Copy could not be found":mad:!!

So I starded looking for "Disk Copy" I found one (6.3.3 to be precise) and downloaded it to the Mac OSX here you can't open it because classic mode is no longer supported on Snow Leopard. So I got into The Mac OS9 to open it via the little "unix" icon where you can access the Data on your computer and voila! I can't see the darn file. It's one of those ".smi"-files.
:(
Can anybody help me??
 
Hmm... I just tried launching SheepShaver on my computer and understand what you are experiencing...

In OS X, I am able to unSIT the file and mount the img file. Then, I copied all the files from the img to a new folder. I then moved that folder to SheepShaver OS9. However, when I open the folder, OS9 doesn't recognize that there's an app in there.

It's been a long, long time since I've used OS9, but I think what's happening is that it's losing its type/creator info. I totally forgot how to set that...
 
pastrychef said:
Hmm... I just tried launching SheepShaver on my computer and understand what you are experiencing...

In OS X, I am able to unSIT the file and mount the img file. Then, I copied all the files from the img to a new folder. I then moved that folder to SheepShaver OS9. However, when I open the folder, OS9 doesn't recognize that there's an app in there.

It's been a long, long time since I've used OS9, but I think what's happening is that it's losing its type/creator info. I totally forgot how to set that...
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I know it's totally frustrating, but the thing is that i could actually mount the image on OS9, if I had the program "Disk Copy" which is ".smi" but when I try bringing the file onto the desktop of the OS9 i cant find it because it doesent even appear! strange isn't it?

thx for the help!
 
If I remember correctly .smi is a self mounting image file. Have you tried rebuilding the Desktop under OS 9?
 
I was just thinking about your original problem, ie Disk Copy. Disk Copy is a part of OS 9, by default it should be installed in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder on your Hard Drive. Is this not available under Sheepshaver?
 
DewGuy1999 said:
I was just thinking about your original problem, ie Disk Copy. Disk Copy is a part of OS 9, by default it should be installed in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder on your Hard Drive. Is this not available under Sheepshaver?
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Heey THX it totally worked I had to drag it into the disk copy window!! I thought it wasn't even there because this message appeared!! thx!
 
pastrychef said:
Why didn't I think of that??? lol

Were you able to get Lode Runner to work with sound? Once I managed to enable sounds in SheepShaver, Lode Runner would no longer run.
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Yup everything is going smoothly!! already played for bout an hour haha:D! I had no problem at all!
 
No thing man! hey and if you want a good copy of Lode Runner you can get into macintoshgarden.com! they have great vintage games and apps there!:apple:
 
Glad to hear that it's working for you. Thanks for the Sheepshaver link. I don't currently need it, but someday soon I'll be getting a new Mac (hopefully sooner than later) and would like to run a couple of the old programs that I run on this G4 iMac, Sheepshaver will come in handy.
 
DewGuy1999 said:
Glad to hear that it's working for you. Thanks for the Sheepshaver link. I don't currently need it, but someday soon I'll be getting a new Mac (hopefully sooner than later) and would like to run a couple of the old programs that I run on this G4 iMac, Sheepshaver will come in handy.
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No problem good to hear that it is working for you! I just wasted my computer so i cant use it anymore! Im thinking about buying the new MBP i5.
 
Help me!!!!

I'm not sure if anyone reads this anymore, but i am having such a hard time getting load runner the legend returns to work on my mac. PLEASE let me know a step by step way to allow this to work. Thank you!!

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i am able to have "disk copy" and other files on the os9 through sheep shaver. but nothing is working out. i have been trying for like 6 hours
 
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