SheepShaver file access

[-= JB =-]

If I am remembering correctly the way I would mount and unmount hard  
drives
without booting was by using FWB Hard disk Toolkit or Silverlining  
light.  The
FWB toolkit was a commercial product but silverlining light is free.

-=>JB<=-


On May 20, 2008, at 1:34 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> Any SheepShaver users out there? When I first set it up I was able  
> to connect to the local machine via the Chooser and share files  
> that way. Now when I try, it doesn't work. I have tried every  
> combination of internet OS 9 settings I can think of and  
> SheepShaver just freezes solid whenever I try to mount the main OS  
> X drive (or my user folder). I have to force-quit SheepShaver and  
> restart the virtual machine. Maybe I shouldn't have turned on TCP/IP?
>
> Giving up on that, I have been dismounting the shared drive,  
> copying files to it, and then restarting the SheepShaver virtual  
> machine in order to re-mount the shared drive. This is a pain in  
> the patootie. Does anyone remember how to re-mount a drive in OS 9  
> without restarting the OS?  I'd rather have file sharing working,  
> but at least if I could remount the shared drive that would be  
> something.
>
> The author isn't supporting it any more, right? The latest version  
> of SheepShaver I have is labeled May 2006.
>
> -- 
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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