At 06:56 PM 11/23/98 -0800, Matthew Hershenson wrote:
>I did check the settings - the order is 1st FDD-1, 2nd PCMCIA, 3rd
>HDD-1. One thing I thought was strange is that if the linux boot
>floppy is installed in the PC110 and I restart, it scans the floppy
>(the light goes on for a few seconds and I hear the disk spin), but it
>boots Win95 from the PCMCIA HD. In my desktop machine, if an
>unbootable floppy is in the drive on restart, it complains, something
>like "Non-system disk... Replace disk and hit any key..." I don't
>know if this is significant.
>
>Thanks for the suggestions,
>Matt
>
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>> Not to be a smarta$$ or anything, but did you check your CMOS settings?
>> Remember that one of the options is boot device, and you don't need the
>> floppy on that list.
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>> If you're not sure, turn the machine off, turn it on and immediately
>> (before the beep) hit and hold F1. It's a menu option.
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>> At 02:40 PM 11/23/98 -0800, Matthew Hershenson wrote:
>> > I tested the Linux Boot floppy in another PC, this time a K6
>> >and it booted fine as well. I also made a bootable disk on the PC110,
>> >using "FORMAT /S A:" under MS-DOS and the PC110 wouldn't boot off it,
>> >but my K6 PC would. I tried running the Test from the "Easy-Setup"
>> >[restart with F1 depressed] and the FDD-1 icon is grayed out. Is this
>> >normal? Maybe this is a sign that the PC110 isn't happy with the
>> >floppy. However, it can read and write floppies from Win95.
>> > If I want to bypass the floppy altogether, is there a way
>> >I can boot of the internal flash drive? Could I copy the linux boot
>> >and support floppy images to that and boot from it?
>> >
>> >Thanks again for the help,
>> >Matt
>> >
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>> >> Test your disk in another "ordinary ;))" PC and see if that likes it as
>> >> a first step
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>> >> > Thanks for the message. I just realized that I replied to you and
>> >> > not the mailing list. I don't know the etiquette for replying -
whether
>> >> > it's best to reply to the list or sender. In any case, I didn't save
>> >> > a copy of the message, so if it should be posted to the mailing list,
>> >> > please send me a copy of my message and I will resend it to the list.
>> >>
>> >> I didnt save it either 8)
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>> >> Test your disk in another "ordinary ;))" PC and see if that likes it as
>> >> a first step
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