Installing OS4 (any chance?)

[Oli_hd]

Haven't got PowerFlyer or IdeFix now and the BPPC SCSI is not supported...

I would think a 2.5 to 3.5" IDE adaptor lead would be a better route, letting you attach a normal CD-Rom to the motherboard IDE port but...

Is there any way of installing OS4 from a CF-card by copying the OS4 install-CD files there and booting from the floppy?

Well the boot floppy aint going to work as it tries to mount a CD-Rom and if it fails it gives up but you can install OS4 without the boot disk from a current 3.x boot drive just by clicking on install so yeah you should be fine at installing os4 by using the CF disk.

If you really wanted a fresh install make a copy of the 4.0 boot floppy and then edit its startup-sequence, removing the CDrom drive scann bit and check all the command names look for the CD's boot title, not just CD0:.

(Oli_hd, running OS4 on a A4000T Cyberstorm)

[Oli_hd]

Tried to boot from the CF-card but it said "not a dos disk" or smthng...--> *EDIT* Tried to boot with OS4 kickstart resident.

Thats a common problem with OS4 installs on the classic, it means you didnt set the filesystem to use long file names (07), go to the media toolbox, select the drive, go to the add/remove filesystems, remove the one thats there and then add it back in (from the OS4 CD) and alter the 04 to 07 (as it says in the OS4 manual), Once thats added go to the partitions (you may want to delete them and add them back just to make sure) and make sure the ffs is selected.

When I first installed OS4 it would work fine if I booted from the boot floppy and then reset but wouldnt boot from cold, just saying it wasnt a dos disk and I fixed it by doing the above.

The startup-sequence looks for the cd title, not CD0:.

Then thats easy, just name the drive the same as the install CD and you are away. (or just do an assign)