Trouble Installing DaynaPort Drivers for RaSCSI

[rjkucia]

Hi all,

I'm trying to set up ethernet on my Mac SE using my RaSCSI and the instructions here: https://github.com/akuker/RASCSI/wiki/Dayna-Port-SCSI-Link

However, I'm having trouble getting the DaynaPort Drivers to work. When I try to unpack the linked .sit file, Stuffit quits immediately (tried on 3 and 4). Using the RaSCSI bootstrap hda, which has the .img file pre-unzipped, DropDisk quits immediately and Disk Copy 6.3.3 reports that the image is damaged and cannot be used (-8819). I've also found the drivers elsewhere (versions 7.7.2 and 7.5.3), which unzipped and started running fine, but they requested that I insert the installer disk, which I of course do not have. Any suggestions for what to look at next?

 

[caver01]

I am trying to remember what I recently did to get those installed. I am starting to think that I actually created a physical floppy because I was running into the same problems.

 

[caver01]

Was it maybe a Shrinkwrap archive?

 

[Byte Knight]

You could also try Unarchiver to decompress Stuffit files on a modern Mac:

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[eric]

On the RaSCSI bootstrap v3 I made sure to make it a self moutning image as to not have these issue. check it out. Be sure to follow the instructions and only install the driver needed and not overwrite some system files with an older version.

 

[rjkucia]

Was it maybe a Shrinkwrap archive?

I seem to be having issues with the installer I found for 3.5 (crashes instead of doing anything), and 2.1 mounts the image but the system reports that it's not formatted as a Mac disk and needs to be formattd.

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On the RaSCSI bootstrap v3 I made sure to make it a self moutning image as to not have these issue. check it out. Be sure to follow the instructions and only install the driver needed and not overwrite some system files with an older version.

I'm using v3 - Double clicking on the image gives me an error: "ShrinkWrap was unable to load a component needed to mount the disk image. The Component Manager may not be available. Error #-9405"

 

[eric]

What OS are you started up in?

 

[rjkucia]

What OS are you started up in?

7.1.2. I'm going to try again in both 7.5.5 7.5.3 and 6.0.8 to see if that helps anything.

 

[eric]

FWIW I was using the RaSCSI 7.5.3 image from the garden. Trying 6.0.8 on an SE now

 

[rjkucia]

Just tried 7.5.3, and it mounts just fine there. In 6.0.8 I get "The application [name] has unexpectedly quit (2)"

 

[eric]

I re-uploaded the Bootstrap V3 and added the DC4/DC6 versions. Give it a try and let me know

 

[rjkucia]

Thanks! I went ahead and just set it all up in 7.5 - it's not that much slower than 7.0 or 7.1, and as far as I can tell there's not a way to mount virtual disks in System 6? But I was able to get it all going in 7.5 and I just successfully pinged Google with it, which is super exciting!

Thanks for the help everyone. Lesson here - just use 7.5 if something isn't working, lol