I got the 7.5.3 Disk Tools 2 to boot off the RAM disk. It popped a DLOG saying that this system software was meant to run off a floppy disk. I shrugged and pressed Okay and it was business as usual.
That was last week. Today I swapped resources from the 7.5NAD that were different to the 7.5.3 DT System, swapped the Finder from the 7.5NAD and fed it in. Popped an error saying that I need to use the Installer to update to a newer version of system software.
The identifiable resources that are missing on the 7.5.3DT that are present on the 7.5NAD, when viewed in ResEdit, are the following:
"atlk, drvr, ltlk, ecfg, enet" all sound like possible candidates for what we need. We don't need to swap over useless content from the 7.5NAD that is inherent to the System binary, but instead the networking addons. (All of this assumes that it'll work just swapped straight over*.) Part of the problem is that some resources are compressed, making it mandatory to swap resources with ResCompare because ResEdit can't recompress them.
ResCompare does identify many other STR#s and what not that is different than the 7.5.3DT version. Some of that I'm worried about, other things I am not. For instance, if the STR# is for kicking networking error box text, we need that.
I'll have to spend some more time on it. Certainly however, I'll also have to do likewise with the 7.5.3 Disk Tools 1, as that is the 680x0 version, the Disk Tools 2 is what I'm working with now because that...is what my 2300cTB is...PPC.
Once it is done though, it should be good disk image to have on hand. Could I call up some of the more experienced foot soldiers out there to lend a hand?
*: If that doesn't work, I do have a certain idea in mind that COULD be used as a last resort...
That was last week. Today I swapped resources from the 7.5NAD that were different to the 7.5.3 DT System, swapped the Finder from the 7.5NAD and fed it in. Popped an error saying that I need to use the Installer to update to a newer version of system software.
The identifiable resources that are missing on the 7.5.3DT that are present on the 7.5NAD, when viewed in ResEdit, are the following:
Code:
AINI, atlk, BNDL, cmtb, ctb, drvr, ecf2, ecfg, enet, fovr, GDEF, gnld, gnth, iopc, lmgr, ltlk, PAT#, ppt#, and sfvrResCompare does identify many other STR#s and what not that is different than the 7.5.3DT version. Some of that I'm worried about, other things I am not. For instance, if the STR# is for kicking networking error box text, we need that.
I'll have to spend some more time on it. Certainly however, I'll also have to do likewise with the 7.5.3 Disk Tools 1, as that is the 680x0 version, the Disk Tools 2 is what I'm working with now because that...is what my 2300cTB is...PPC.
Once it is done though, it should be good disk image to have on hand. Could I call up some of the more experienced foot soldiers out there to lend a hand?
*: If that doesn't work, I do have a certain idea in mind that COULD be used as a last resort...