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Floppy Boot to Bone Fails
Name: Stan Gordon Date: September 24, 2003 at 08:33:13 Pacific OS: BeOS 5.0.3 with Bone-7a CPU/Ram: 166 MHz Pentium, 96 MB ra
Comment:
After installing BONE-7a, I can boot via a hard drive to a stable OS. But when I try to boot using a floppy, the tracker crashes as the desktop is being drawn, and it continues to crash every time I attempt to restart the desktop.
Have you had this problem? How did you overcome it?
Name: jefro Date: September 24, 2003 at 14:46:48 Pacific
Reply:
Sure, Bone requires a new bootfloppy. Bone won't work on a PE install. Bone flat out doesn't like some machines. Pick one.
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Response Number 2
Name: StanGordon Date: September 26, 2003 at 20:28:22 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks, Jefro.
I used the BeOS 5.0.3 Pro distro with bone 7a installed to make a boot floppy, but it failed. I even tried a boot image on a CD -- no luck. I think it must be your third conclusion that is the problem. Maybe it's time for a new mobo.
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Response Number 3
Name: jefro Date: September 27, 2003 at 16:37:53 Pacific
Reply:
Order zeta from yellowtab.com. It is as close to a Be Inc R6 with more bone fixes that you will be able to buy and be legal about it too.
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Response Number 4
Name: Stan Gordon Date: September 28, 2003 at 08:56:29 Pacific
Reply:
Good suggestion, Jefro. I've checked into Zeta and I'll be ordering the Home Edition the instant it's available.
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