OS4 run from "ROM"?

[mikeymike]

(I don't like the noise from "new" hard drives. They always sound like they're dying to me)

A little OT, but "sound like they're dying"?  How?  You might want to consider the Seagate Barracuda IV/V ranges, they run virtually silent (I only hear mine when I'm really pushing it).

[lempkee]

sounds like they die..., indeed..

i have Ibm , Maxtor , WD , Seagate and a fuji !!! (lol yes)  hdd's..

they sound like ....bad... it seems this noise is only on new hdd's -- kike the ones over 30 gb or something ?` , anyone have a cure?

i really want to get thoose metallic sounds away! really annoying SQUEEEEEEEKing..

btw its not heat , i tried with a hdd fans and it havent helped a bit...

cheers

[Nightcrawler]

they sound like ....bad... it seems this noise is only on new hdd's -- kike the ones over 30 gb or something ?` , anyone have a cure?     i really want to get thoose metallic sounds away! really annoying SQUEEEEEEEKing..

Yup. That's the sound right there  ;-)  It's not loud, it just sounds like an "old type" of HD would sound when it gives up and dies :-)

Annoying. Pretty quiet but just loud enough to be annoying...

[odin]

Floid wrote:
Rather hard to boot from that, isn't it?

I don't think so. Switch on an A1200 and press both mousebuttons. See that CC0: in the bootdevice list? ;-).

[cdfr]

I read somewhere that CF were supporting a limited amount of write operations (something like 600000).
It may not be the best idea for running an OS.

A microdrive would certainly be a better idea.

[amigamad]

I think I saw something about doing it on an A1200 with a IDE>CF adapter or something, does anyone know if that worked?

yes it works i have one and it works fine with the a4000 and a1200 and will work with any other hardware the computer see,s the cf card like a normal harddrive.