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can't boot up
Name: JB Date: August 18, 2001 at 09:22:03 Pacific
Comment:
It tries to boot up with this AMIBIOS system configuration(c) 1985-1992 Main Processor :80486DX2 Numeric Processor :Present Floppy Drive A :1.2MB,5.25 Floppy Drive B :1.44MB,3.50 Display Type :VGA,PGA,EGA AMIBIOS Date :11/11/92 Base Memory Size :640KB EXT.Memory Size:7424KB Hard Disk C :Type:47 Hard Disk D: Type : None Serial Port(s):3F8,2F8 Parallel Port(s) : 378 128KB Cache Memory 50 MHz DX2 CPU
This is the message I get Invalid System disk Replace the disk,and then press any key.
It's not my computer so, I don't know very much about it. If anyone has a suggestion of what I could do,let me know.
Name: dick lewis Date: August 23, 2001 at 16:32:14 Pacific
Reply:
i dont think be will run on anything under a pentium chip
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Response Number 2
Name: WWWEBSTER Date: August 27, 2001 at 19:24:06 Pacific
Reply:
Since you are giving your BIOS settings I assume that you have mistaken this forum for the BIOS forum, it is not, this forum is the BEOS forum, an operating system!
But I'll try and help anyway, boot up from a floppy and run FDISK to set up the hard disk, and then format it and install an operating system such as Windows 95 or 98.
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