For the last couple of releases it has not been possible to install from the ISO file by mounting it and running IWizard. There is a message

"IWizard cannot run on this version of MorphOS.
Please boot the MorphOS 2.6 CD or an Efika install image!"

Is there a work around ? I don't want to have to burn a CD.

This is on a Pegasos 2.

Thanks.

It is required to boot the iso to perform a proper installation.

You can avoid burning a disc by booting the iso file. Just copy the boot.Img from iso to the position where the 2.x image is located.

Name the iso file boot.iso to make it more handy and type the command "info" in shell to obtain the device name of the partition the iso file is located on.

Now go to open firmware and type

Boot boot.img bi dh0:boot.iso

Make sure to use your device name instead of dh0, if it is different.

Geit

[ Edited by geit on 2010/10/24 0:30 ]

[ Edited by geit 13.01.2014 - 19:54 ]

You don't have to burn a CD. It's possible to boot from Pegasos 2 OF directly from morphos.iso using boot.img parameter bootimage (bi).

bootimage=x (bi=x) - allows to boot from a MorphOS .iso without burning it on a CD media. expects a full path to an .iso file. The .iso file must be placed on a disk that's accessible with the builtin filesystems: FFS, SFS, Fat

It will boot new MorphOS version from ISO :)

File boot.img from ISO (CD) should be used to boot so you will have ROM kernel and data from the same MorphOS version.

Thank you for the replies. I have now installed 2.6 successfully.

Unfortunately, both explanations led me to believe that I can boot from the ISO file. This is not possible, but you don't have to burn a CD.

For future reference, I am rewriting the explanation below; you must

1. Mount the ISO file in Ambient.
2. Copy boot.img from the ISO to the root directory of a drive accessible from the OpenFirmware.
3. Boot the boot.img file using the bi parameter to point to the ISO.

Example: boot.img is on partition 1 of the first ide drive and the MorphOS ISO is at dh6:ISO. At the OF prompt type:
boot ide:1 boot.img bi dh6:ISO/morphos-2.6.iso

Example: if boot.img is on partition 2 of the second ide drive
boot ide0:2 boot.img bi dh6:ISO/morphos-2.6.iso

[ Edited by koan on 2010/10/26 22:37 ]

Oh, look - it's a fish!

[ Edited by kolla on 2010/10/27 0:11 ]