This is the best MV forum so I'll give it a try. I still have 4-5 clients running AP/Pro or Microdata. They'll come around eventually but they're quite content with what they have.
Anyway, one UV client keeps their prior AP/Pro system and the hard drive crashed with that unfortunate 'doink' sound. Having a spare 133 MHZ P1 system, I started to rebuild it again with the Pick AP/Pro (6.1.27.pro167) diskette set. I had to boot from the floppy (#1 of 2) around 8-10 times to get the SCSI tape and Arnet boards in sync. I had to undo the write-protect tab as I guess something was being saved. Lots of X options. I wanted to lower the port count from 287 to 10 so the shutdown wouldn't take so long so I put in the same floppy again. This time the system flew past the A: drive boot and booted up regularly. I tried this 2-3 times with the same results. I know that powering up with the #1 disc in should offer the Kill/Abs/Files/eXecutable choice in addition to getting at these settings (scsi/ports/etc). Now, it appears that the #1 disc is blank or something as with it installed, it simply boots up regular pick. When I put #2 in, the system hangs at the BIOS display and needs a reboot sans floppy. I tried this in 3 other regular PC's just to see if I get the K/A/F/X prompt and they boot up to their usual W95 era screens. So the question is: Is there some form of consumable on this floppy that would disable it after a number of uses? I don't know what the disc should look like (T-READ or DOS DIR) so I can't tell. Please keep the replies limited to my question and or related to this situation. I know full well all the possible new solutions. Thanks in advance Mark Johnson ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
