On Tuesday 21 May 2002 12:55, Richard Hayes wrote: > Dear list, > > I have just acquired an old 486 with 200 meg hd. (Versa E 486/50???) > > Though I have got the bios set to boot from floppy, it say boot failure. > It gives an error saying something about Rom bios > > Currently the only file on the system is command.com The old NEC versa 486 machines will not boot from the floppy until they find the particular HDD that the bios tells them should be there even with the cmos set to boot from the floppy - so a faulty HDD can cause this problem. They usually complain about a BIOS problem. Also, if you do get to load Linux, if it has the usual 12 Mb of RAM, I would use the console or that really light (on resources) desktop that Ken Caldwell uses - can't remember its name.
Stay well and happy Heracles -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
