> > NO ROM BASIC SYTEM HALTED
>
> That was fairly standard in old BIOSes. If it can't find a floppy, and
> can't find a HD (or there's no magic number on the boot sector), its
> last resort is to pass control to ROM BASIC. On really ancient PC's,
> ROM BASIC was an OS to itself, able to load programs from casette tape..
> I think if you give it a hd and/or floppy to boot, and maybe get into
> BIOS setup and configure them, you won't reach this point of desperation
> anymore. Or you could root around and find a ROM basic chip for it :-)
Hmmm- I've tried configuring the old 125meg hd, gone through 6 different linux
boot and
install floppies (various versions of RH, Caldera, and the slink diskettes) on three
different
good floppy drives, turned cables around...nada.
Is there something I'm missing on my diskettes? (The ide hard drive is formatted
and blank,
the scsi is verified, but contents unknown) Maybe a system file of some sort I just
don't
have....
The bios is setup for the hard drive, the floppy, and booting is from floppy first.
Thanks (at least I understand what rom basic is, now!....Though I haven't a clue where
to find
one (-: )
Koyote
