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Offline Steve_W

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I must be REALLY thick! Where is OS 9 disk utility??
« on: September 21, 2016, 12:43:37 PM »
Hi all, so I'm trying to load up my MDD with the lovely disk image created by Die Hard, the ready for action DAW disk image from here:

http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,2716.0.html

BUT... I must be thick as I cannot find the Mac OS 9 Disk Utility.  I've done a sherlock search just in the OS 9 folder, then in a 9.2.2 retail disk to no avail.  I am a bit stumped.  I've got 3 HDDs in my mac, 1 for OS 9, one for OS X Tiger and one just for data.  I downloaded all the files to the data drive and I'm now trying to do this step:

"Use the ASR Utility to restore the images"

In the downloaded files is one called "Apple Software Restore.sit.bin"

I assumed I would be able to open that .bin file to get the stuffit file, then unstuff that and install it but not so...

Any help greatly appreciated!!

Cheers, Steve.



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Re: I must be REALLY thick! Where is OS 9 disk utility??
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2016, 03:18:14 PM »
there is no disk utility for os9!
u can do this using the "drive setup" utility




the drivesetup program allows u to partition a disk into multiple partitions same as disk utility.. in fact, drivesetup is probably the grandfather of disk utility.. undoubtedly!

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Re: I must be REALLY thick! Where is OS 9 disk utility??
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2016, 03:42:29 PM »
Thanks buddy! Got there in the end but I had to jump through a few hoops!  I'm now restoring the disk image to a new partition getting ready to boot up into it!
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Re: I must be REALLY thick! Where is OS 9 disk utility??
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2016, 03:45:34 PM »
OMG... I just fixed the instructions... :(

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Re: I must be REALLY thick! Where is OS 9 disk utility??
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2016, 03:47:39 PM »
enjoy.. it was a major effort to make the instant DAW a possibility, by a number of different people.. so, it makes us satisfied to see more people putting it to good use!


there was quite a few hoops jumped through beforehand aswell ;)

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Re: I must be REALLY thick! Where is OS 9 disk utility??
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2016, 04:19:38 PM »
Thanks fellers!!

Just booted into it for the first time, looks class!!!!

Finally after 3 months of messing about I'm almost ready to actually get stuck into some music!

Now where's that zip drive!!!
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Re: I must be REALLY thick! Where is OS 9 disk utility??
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2016, 04:38:38 PM »
feel free to post some pictures ;)