Hi all,
Trying to ressurect a 386 machine here, a 'Reply Model
32/386-33MHz'. Problem is, it won't boot up at all, ie, on boot it gives
me the messages:
Invalid Configuration
Invalid Chipset Parameters
Please run the setup program
Press <F1> to resume ...
(hitting F1 at this point gives me);
Reply Model 32/386-33MHz
Diskette error - correct problem and press any key to retry
(And it sticks at this point no matter how the drives are connected, or
even if they're all unconnected, keeps returning to 'Diskette
error'. Even banging my head on the keyboard brings no useful result.)
Using a couple of Linux boot disks from single floppy distros (Toms RTBT
and similar) I've got to the 'L' of LILO, and no more. I think this means
that the machine has bad disk parameters set in the BIOS. Searching around
(and have you ever tried to search for 'reply' on google? Great fun, gives
you every message to every archived list ever posted to :-) I think that
I need a boot floppy with a BIOS setup program so I can go in and tell
this machine what it's got. So I went looking for that, found generic
setup programs for AMI and Phoenix, not much else. AARGH! So, with the
semi-ranting out of the way;
a) has anybody heard of the Reply Corporation who apparently made this
machine?
b) if so, how do you get into BIOS setup on the things?
c) anybody have any ideas as regards to bootable setup disks that might be
useful here?
TIA,
Tom
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