Re: Extracting "precompact"... DONE!



"Tony Kavadias" wrote:

> You're using Mac OS 9.2.2... eh?
>
> It's possible that Virtual PC 6 does not show files that do
> not have a particular suffix. Try changing the suffix of the
> file to ".iso".
>
> Otherwise, (and I think this is overkill), open the File Exchange
> control panel and enter the following filetype entry under the
> "PC Exchange" tab:
>
> Extension: iso
> Map To: Disk Copy
> File Type: dimg
>
> Then, the Mac will re-type the ISO file to the above disk copy
> type, which Virtual PC may see. According to Virtual PC's
> Finder interface definitions, the ".iso" file extension (in the
> file's name) is all Virtual PC looks for in determining a file
> type to open, so you shouldn't have to go this far.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
>
> --
> -- tonza.

No luck! The image already comes with the ".iso" suffix, and fiddling with
the file exchange settings doesn't help. VPC just doesn't seem to see the
image, or at least to recognize it as a disk image. Steve Jain wants me to
drag it onto VPC's CD-ROM icon, and the pop-up prompt that comes when you
mouse over the icon suggests that you should be able to do so, but I haven't
been able to figure out how to do it. I've even tried mounting the image on
the Mac, opening it, sharing the resulting "PRECOMACT" folder, and trying to
open the file "precompact.exe" in the Virtual Machine. But then I just get
the message "precompact.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close."

I hate to give up on your approach, 'cause it sounds kind of neat, and it
may be my last chance to avoid simply throwing away the virtual machine and
starting over. But I'm running out of things to do. Could the precompactor
simply be incompatible with VPC 6.1 and/or OS 9.2.2?. Though even then you'd
think you could at least capture the disk image. Any further ideas, or does
anyone else have a thought?

Evanapp
.

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