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From: tron@lyssa.owl.de (Matthias Scheler)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can't boot!
Date: 8 Dec 1996 21:39:20 +0100
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In article <584r9t$8gr@rebecca.albany.edu>,
	h25.schuyler@ writes:
> In every case, the computer would look in the floppy drive for a
> bootable disk, and then give up and try to boot my hard disk, ...

You are sure that the BIOS is configured to boot from floppy? Has it
a Virus check? If it has disable it.

And of course the floppy itself could be the problem. You should
check the cables and if it doesn't help exchange the floppy.

-- 
Matthias Scheler
tron@lyssa.owl.de