OS4 Bootable from a CF IDE Adapter??

[badgerme]

Im starting to think that my problems with booting OS 4 are stemming from the CF->IDE Adapter im using with the 2gb sandisk card. The CF->IDE works fine with OS 3.1 so I know its not the hardware.

Once OS4 is installed on it, it loads the os4 bootloader, resets, then gets half way through loading the os and just stops loading - no screens shows, just stays black until I reset.

However when I use a proper IDE hard drive - it works fine?? Is CF->IDE adapters as a boot device ok to use on OS4 Classic??

[badgerme]

It's a 2.5" CF adapter set to Master (and 3.5" CDROM IDE set to slave)

Sorted it now thanks - It was a simple case of RTFM i'm afraid - I hadn't set the boot partition type correctly (changing the 3 to a 7)

What was wierd tho - when I used configured the drive using the os4 template in the media toolbox app, I saved the changes to the drive, rebooted, then it kept booting to an old looking work bench (3.1 style) and wouldn't go any further??

In the end to get it working I had to format the card as DOS/3 partition so the installer didn't hang. Then just prior to starting the installer, edit the partition dostype from 3 to 7 (as it stats in manual), save, dont reboot, then install?! Took  me hours to figure that out!!

[badgerme]

@countzero - had no signs/error messages about any files being corrupted during installation? could they still be corrupted? (everything seems ok now?)