Short: ShapeShifter patch for optical drives Author: mark_k@iname.com Uploader: mark_k@iname.com Type: misc/emu ============================================== = ShapeShifter 3.10 Patch for Optical Drives = ============================================== This document is copyright © 1999 by Mark Knibbs . It is freely distributable for non-commercial purposes. ********************************************************************* * YOU ONLY NEED TO USE THIS PATCH IF YOU HAVE AN OPTICAL DISK DRIVE * * AND WISH TO BOOT SHAPESHIFTER FROM A MAC-FORMATTED OPTICAL DISK. * ********************************************************************* Ever since version 3.4, the ShapeShifter Macintosh emulator can only boot from direct access (type 0) SCSI devices. That is, from e.g. hard disks. Some optical disk drives are of type 7 (optical memory). So you cannot boot ShapeShifter from a Mac-formatted optical disk if your optical drive is set to "optical memory device" mode (type 7). This is annoying. Similarly to the HDToolBox patch that is in the Amiga Magneto-Optical Drive FAQ (on Aminet as docs/help/Amiga_MO_FAQ.lha), I have figured out a patch for ShapeShifter 3.10 to not check the device type when booting. History of this Document ------------------------ 29-May-99 Updated and uploaded to Aminet 19-Apr-99 Posted to the amiga-mo mailing list ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 628 269 57.1% 29-May-99 14:22:30 SSOpticalPatch.info 2400 1103 54.0% 29-May-99 14:21:08 +SSOpticalPatch 50 50 0.0% 19-Apr-99 18:33:38 +SSOpticalPatch.gpch 276 186 32.6% 29-May-99 14:22:56 +SSOpticalPatch.info 1467 680 53.6% 29-May-99 14:15:40 +SSOpticalPatch.readme 276 185 32.9% 29-May-99 14:22:22 +SSOpticalPatch.readme.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 5097 2473 51.4% 30-May-99 12:02:38 6 files