Many thanks for the info. I found the file, copied it onto a 1.44 Mb disc, its all I had formatted, does it require 2.88 drive or is it backward compatible?
I searched the IBM site, but I could not find anything that tells you how to make the file work. I copied the .exe file onto the disc but it would not read the disc, hmmm sorry to be dumb, I just missed something. Thanks On Friday 30 November 2001 05:16 pm, you wrote: > On Sat, 1 Dec 2001 08:02, you wrote: > > A bud of mine picked up an old > > IBM PC server 500, and unless > > it is not a bios problem, the stupid > > thing keeps asking for a "Reference disc" > > I don't know what it wants exactly, > > I tried formatting a Linux boot disc for it, > > but its too stupid to read it I think, > > or else because the floppy drive is > > 2.88 it cannot read a 1.44 disc. > > Now there's a blast from the past!! The bane of my prior existence as a > reseller/integrator - the reference disk! You want to upgrade RAM - insert > the reference disk. Change the ISA/EISA card - insert the reference disk. > Reset the password (user-error) ... insert the %** reference disk!!!. > > go to the following URL (and next time, use IBM's search facility to do the > same....) > > http://www-1.ibm.com/servlet/support/manager?rs=0&rt=0&org=psg&doc=GCOR-3EM >LNR > > I'd also recommend that you have a read of the tech specs at this URL: > > http://www-1.ibm.com/servlet/support/manager?rs=0&rt=0&org=psg&doc=DDSE-42X >MW4 > > as it gives some info about RAM, etc...
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