Os3.9 boot problems on A1200

I've put an 8GB CF card into my A1200 (with 3.1 ROMS), booted up via the Emergency disk, used HD Tools to create 4 x 1.8GB partitions and formatted the first 2 partitions using FFS as System and Work respectively (the final 2 remain unformatted).

OS3.9 installed perfectly OK, however upon rebooting the A1200, the HD drive light flashes briefly but the "install a floppy disk" animation shows.

Booting from the emergency disk again shows both System and Work as valid hard disk partitions, so what is stopping the A1200 booting from them?

p.s. I have used a 4GB CF card OK in this A1200, but that came pre-installed with WB3.0.

@tommo1975

And as soon as I put up this post I discovered the solution - forgot to select "Bootable" in HDTools for the System partition! doh!

<<makes a mental note to not try installing anything once 2 pints have been consumed>>

@tommo1975

LOL

That's exactly what I was going to suggest!

I'm thinking of getting the same sort of set up etc... but I'm going to have to do it on a much larger scale... maybe 10 to start with...

and I raised the question a few days back regarding the possibility of using this hd solution with A590s with XT connections... I'm thinking... why shouldn't it work?