Can't install Word from MS Office 2.5.1

[vlad557776]

Hello.

Recently I found Microsoft Office for Macintosh 2.5.1 and tried to install it on my QEMU Mac OS 9.2.2.

Excel installed, but it's crashing with error 1 when I'm trying to access "File" menu - not so important for me;
PowerPoint installed - works perfectly;
Word didn't install - Installer is crashing with error 1 after the "register your copy of Word" message.

Here's my QEMU.BAT:

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qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -boot c -M mac99,via=pmu -m 512 ^
-prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -prom-env "vga-ndrv?=true" ^
-drive file=MacOS9.2.2.img,format=raw,media=disk ^
-sdl ^
-netdev user,id=network01 -device sungem,netdev=network01 ^
-device VGA,edid=on ^

Can someone help me? And also, what does this error code even mean?

[kataetheweirdo]

Error 1 is a bus error in Classic Mac OS. Most likely, it's running out of memory or is trying to access memory it cannot. Try modifying the amount of memory available to those programs and see if that helps.

[vlad557776]

How to modify the amount of memory that program uses, not the whole OS?

[kataetheweirdo]

You can modify it by single-clicking on the app you want to modify, going into the File menu, get the program's info, and changing the memory section so that the minimum and preferred sizes are enough to get it running.

More info here.

[vlad557776]

Thanks. Excel is still crashing with the "File" menu, but Word installed perfectly.