Re: [RULE] My 486 won't boot.

[Martin Stricker]

Michael Fratoni wrote:

> On Thursday 14 August 2003 08:37 pm, Daniel �Neill wrote:

> > 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>&nbsp;</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.

I can confirm that, also had this problem with new floppies. Stay away
from floppies with a metal slipjacket (or however the protective thingie
on top is called), for me those were worst. Interestingly floppies which
won't boot often are still usable for regular data - it seems the boot
sector is very easyly damaged.

Best regards,
Martin Stricker
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