OS4.1FR Classic A4000T Booting Issue

[Acill]

I decided to pull my CD-ROM drive off the internal A4000T SCSI and put it on my CSPPC so I can boot and install the 4.1FE classic install disk. It boots right up using the included boot floppy and I can get to the install screen. I can even choose boot from CD to check it out. It runs well from the CD so I know it is working.

My HD is partitioned into 4 parts. I have two 2GB partitions set as bootable.

DH0: is the first 2GB of the drive and is PFS formated with my 3.9 main install. (Priority is -4)
DH1: is also 2GB and is the 2nd partition. (Priority 74) I changed the file system on it to Smart File System as the manual shows, formatted it after a reboot then installed 4.1FE to it.

Shut down for 15 seconds as the installer tells me, hold both mouse buttons to get to the early boot screen so I can select DH1 as boot device. The colors flash just like they do using the boot floppy, I see the black OS4.1 boot screen come up and it reboots, does it again but hangs on the black screen with the 4.1FE screen just before it would boot from CD if I used the CD to boot. It never access the new drive I installed it to.

Is this because I have it on the 2nd partition and not on the first 4GB of the drive as I just read in the manual? I dont want to have to wipe out my DH0: partition to change it from PFS to SFS if I can do it from the DF1: partition.

[Acill]

You said that you installed 4.1 to the DH1 partition, which is 2GB. If this 2GB falls within the first 4GB of the drive then you've done nothing wrong and it's some other problem.

Well that blows. Itnis in the first 4GB. I used the file system ID the manuals tells me and set the block size as the manual tells me.  Maybe Ill install again and see. I didnt wait long to see if its just searxhing scsi devices. My 3.9 install takes forever to boot so maybe this does too.

[Acill]

Its installed on a SFS partition I made with the OS4.1 CD partition tool. I'll try it on a new disk with only SFS on it later next weekend I guess. I just got done trying again and no luck. As for being set as highest priority its not, but I would think it can be told to boot by selecting that partition in the early startup? It at least gets to the ROM loading if I do that because I see the flashing colors and then the black screen with the AmigOS 4.1 logo through my Radeon, but it reboots after that, repeats and hangs on that black screen.

[Acill]

sounds that you load Amiga OS3.9 after the second reboot... you have to enter the startup-menu TWICE ! first loading the kickstart and second time to load OS4.1 again!

I'll give it a try and see. Didnt think about that since I see the loading screen for 4.1 and it hangs there.

EDIT:

I got into the 4.1 early start menu just like you said. It starts to boot but I get a Grimm Reaper that mentions to insert volume ENV: now. If I select retry it gives another error and shows something about the PFS volume I have for my 3.9 install. I am thinking it just doesnt like having the pfs volume before it. i get the same errors even if I select to disable that partition in the early startup menu.

[Acill]

Thomas,  can you clarify on this procedure a bit more? Um not sure I understand it.

HammerD,  I do have a 2nd monitor for the native output I use,  getting to the early startuo isnt a problem.

[Acill]

Well I made the BootDevise text file and cant get it to find the drive I guess. It returns an error and drops to a shell telling me it couldnt locate it. I tried all these formats.

DH1
DH1:
AmigaOS4
AmigaOS4:

It looks like my next step is to just try and use a spare drive and partition the entire thing as Smartfile System and see if it boots from another clean install.

[Acill]

Acill did you post on Hyperion forums and amigans.net? Lots of devs/beta testers there that can help

I've waied ages to have my registration approved on hyperian forums. Its never been approved as of december.

[Acill]

I'll see if I can fix that for you.  Your real name will help if you want to PM it to me.

Most everyone knows who I am so no big deal. Its Paul R. Rezendes

I've also looked for where I can register my serial number for my version of OS4.1FE Classic so I can get an updated version of the ISO. This is the original release and I am sure its not up to date.

[Acill]

Acill
Cant you Reg it on Hyperion's site? thats where i Reg'd my Os 4.1 cd. Then you get access to the forums too.

I was able to this time, still cant log into forums

[Acill]

Maybe a silly question: Is it looking up the scsi.device to boot and gets confused by having to choose cybppc.device ?the 4000T also has the 2ndscsi.device if I remember right. I tried booting 4.1 from a CF and eventually gave up on it and stayed with 3.1

4.1FE classic doesnt support the internal scsi. So thats not an issue I would think.

[Acill]

Okay, so I downloaded the latest ISO after getting my registration working.

I've installed it to a new drive I just put in. Its a 32GB drive split into two partitions. The first is a 4GB and the 2nd is the remaining 28GB. Both are setup the way the manual instructs me to do it using the file system ID it lists.

The CD boots fine on my A4000T, I can see the drives and format them even if use the boot OS4 from CD option. Ive installed it to the 4GB partition that I named AmigaOS4 (DH0). Its set as the highest priority at -4. The install completes perfectly with no errors.

I next shut off the machine as directed, wait 15 - 20 seconds and power on. I can see the colors flash indicating the kickstart loads. The screen changes to the black one with the AmigaOS 4.1FE logo and it never boots further  off the drive. This is the exact same thing it did on the other drive I have in my system! (The other drive isn't connected, only this new one)

Ideas? I don't get how the CD boots up fine into OS4.1 but not a hard drive properly setup.