Re: [Sheflug] Boot Problem: LILO or BIOS?

[James Wallbank <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Craig,

I bought the SCSI hard disks new - so I guess they were totally blank.
Hmmm... I didn't low-level format them (well at least not consciously)
do you think that might be relevant?

I *think* that the system isn't even attempting to boot off sda5 - so I
guess I'll try poking around in the BIOS settings - but it doesn't look
hopeful. Even the message "Kernel Panic" or freezing at "LI" would
encourage me...

Cheers,

James
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On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 16:40, Craig Andrews wrote:
> On Thursday 16 May 2002 15:31, you exclaimed:
> > Here's the problem: I reboot and simply get the message "Operating
> > System Not Found". I guess that the machine is expecting to boot off an
> > IDE disk. There is a jumper on the main board marked "SCSI h/d" so I
> > closed it and tried again, but with the same disappointing result.
> 
> The last time I saw this, it was because there was a DOS MBR on the bootable 
> disk, which didn't point to a valid DOS/Windows system (missing command.com, 
> msdos.sys or io.sys)
> 
> Did the system have windows/dos previously? If not, I don't know how this can 
> be the problem...
> 
> The only other thing would be to chalk it up to the BIOS. 
> 
> Craig
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