Bjorn Eriksson wrote:
>
> > The same floppy works on other machines. LOAF does the same on the 486
> > as tomsrtbt. It looks as though it is a hardware problem. Tom has
> > suggested RAM, but it has passed a RAM test OK.
>
> [I take 'LOAF does the same on the 486' as meaning: LOAF exhibits the same
> problem on this machine]
>
> Which is a strong indication that the floppy works but not conclusive
> proof. I suggest you try once more with a new floppy, preferably one
> formatted and written on the computer you want to boot tomsrtbt on. That
> will probably produce the same error once more and then it's shown beyond
> resonable doubt that the hardware is cranky.
>
> What RAM test did you use? [POST RAM test is f*c^H^H^H pretty useless]
>
> Have you tried some kernel-commandline options, like 'mem=xxxx'?
Thanks Bj�rnen.
I have now solved the problem - by swapping RAM chips until I found a
combination that worked.
The RAM test I used was tomsrtbt memtest which I installed to floppy off
another machine (booting from the original tomstrbt floppy). It was happy
with RAM even though tomsrtbt wasn't.
Thanks for your input.
John Batistic
