Sheepshaver is giving me some problems. Could someone help?

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iKnow
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Sheepshaver is giving me some problems. Could someone help?

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so i have been a while stuck using only pearpc and minivmac, today i decided to try sheepshaver,
i got everything needed but
whenever i try to install os 8 or os 9 all sheepshaver gives to me is
"The system software on the startup disk only functions on the original media, not if copied to another drive."
This problem wasnt given to me before in sheepshaver.
the only system that i can install on sheepshaver or dosent give me that problem is system 7 and 6
any idea on how to fix this?
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The MacOS installer volume MUST be made read only, either by your host OS or via the settings GUI.
You may install MacOS 7.5.3 to 9.0.4, but note that the early OS versions do need the 4MB Old World ROM.

See here please for a bootable 7.5.3 disk image in case you want to try that:
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macos-753-emulators
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thank you for your help! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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