%% "David Z. Maze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: dzm> Paul D Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: PDS> Now when I boot the system it prints "MBR", then does a hard hang. I PDS> can't even C-A-D or use the reset button, I have to power off/on. PDS> PDS> If I hold the SHIFT key down, it prints "MBR 2AF", then does the same PDS> hard hang. PDS> PDS> I can boot off of my boot floppy and it comes up OK, though.
dzm> Hmm. Some things to think about trying: dzm> -- At the "2AF:" prompt, does pressing "2" have any effect? Well, it has _an_ effect: it hangs the system :) dzm> -- Does pressing "A", then "1" at the resulting "1234F:" prompt? (It dzm> should boot off the FAT16 partition on /dev/sda1, presumably dzm> getting you DOS of some sort.) No, pressing "A" gets me the prompt as you say, then pressing "1" (or 2 or 3 or 4) all hang the system. dzm> -- Does pressing "F" there boot the floppy successfully? Yes, this works. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Management Development "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
