OS4 doesnt boot: not a dos disk

[Matt_H]

Sounds like a combination of filesystem issues along with the unusual scripting you set up to automatically boot the OS4 partition. You can eliminate the latter variable by forcing an OS4 boot partition in the Kicklayout:

At the end of the Kicklayout file, you'll see an entry for Kickstart/BootDevice. Make sure it's enabled. Now create a plain text file called BootDevice in the Kickstart directory of the OS4 partition. In it, type the partition's device name. Mine says

Code: [Select]

OS4 because OS4: is my OS4 partition (took me a long time to get this right, believe it or not!).

See if that helps at all. If not, come back and we'll diagnose some more.

[Matt_H]

@ rvo_nl

Great! So you're up and running?

One of the first things I did with my OS4 install was to tone down the eye candy in GUI Prefs. Made things a bit snappier. I honestly haven't booted my OS4 partition in quite a while - can't get my Delfina working (it's just too darn fussy).

The update for classics is at Hyperion's website, hopefully (still not sure if they've restored all their files since they redesigned it almost a year ago).

[Matt_H]

It's buried in the downloads section. Remember that you need to register your copy first - otherwise it won't appear.