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From: duncan@netcom.com (Donald K. Duncan)
Subject: Re: System Died
Message-ID: <duncanC6BHxJ.Gr9@netcom.com>
Summary: check bios setup
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
References: <1993Apr30.115617.25778@mcs.kent.edu>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 22:17:42 GMT
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In article <1993Apr30.115617.25778@mcs.kent.edu>, gspiegel@mcs.kent.edu (Greg "TwoTone" Spiegelberg) writes:
> Just the other day our 386bsd server died.
> It wouldnt' allow any telnet or ftp sessions and unfortunately, the last kernel
> I built for it wouldn't allow anyone to use the console keyboard either.
> So basically, I have to boot off floppy for the time being, right?
> Wrong.  It won't recognize a floppy.  I've made up new boot floppies and used
> the original ones from when I first downloaded everything.
> Here's what it does:  I'll turn the computer off and put a boot floppy in.
> 	It'll start up like it's doing just fine but once it looks like
> 	it's reading drive A: it switches over to the hard drive and boots
> 	from it and I'm back where I started.


Check your bios setup.  Some bios have a bootable drive selection capability
and it may be that the floppy isn't in the list.  Just a possibility...

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duncan@zycad.com (Donald Duncan - WB6QMS)