Ben Luffman wrote: >Can anyone advise if the following message means the Apple Pentium 166 PCI >PC card is defective. When loading the MS-DOS 6.2 disk I get themessage "NO >ROM BASIC-SYSTEM HALTED >Where can one find info on the hardware of the card ? > >Ben >
>From http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000185.htm No ROM basic system halted error. No active partition has been defined in fdisk. After setting up your hard disk drive through fdisk you may receive the error message "No ROM basic system halted" this error is an indication that you have not set the hard disk drives active partition. To resolve the issue boot from a bootable diskette and enter fdisk. Within fdisk choose option 2 to set active partition and set drive you wish to be bootable as the active partition. Can you check that the floppy boots a real pc, it seems to be skipping the floppy and finding nothing else to boot from. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
