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Re: [RULE] My 486 won't boot.
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Michael Fratoni |
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Re: [RULE] My 486 won't boot. |
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Thu, 14 Aug 2003 22:27:50 -0400 |
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On Thursday 14 August 2003 08:37 pm, Daniel �Neill wrote:
> <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>I'm sorry if I'm rehashing a
> problem that has allready been addressed, but my patience is wearing a
> little thin and I'm feeling a little out of my depth.</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
Ouch. Please, no HTML mail....
> <DIV> The 486 starts
> up, shows me a dialog box with some rudimentary hardware and BIOS
> settings, then the CDROM drive LED blinks, followed by what I assume is
> the machine acessing the A-drive (incl. relevant LED flashing and
> accompaning sounds), and then the screen displays the message: boot
> failed. The machine then just hangs, while I curse and tear more of my
> hair out!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>
The "boot failed" message is normally due to a bad floppy or improperly
written disk image. I'd suggest trying another disk, as I've seen this
myself during testing, even with new disks. I've had cases where I had to
create several disks before getting one that would work.
Hope that helps,
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