"Eloy A. Paris" wrote: >Aaron Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >: I just installed Debian 1.3.1 on my 486 w/4MB RAM. I made Debian hard >: drive bootable because it's the only drive in the system. When I >: rebooted, I got this message: >: >: 3FA: >: >: This is all it says. Even when I try to boot off my boot disk, it says >: the same message. Please help. Thanks. > >/usr/doc/mbr/README explains it all. The documentation in >/usr/doc/lilo can also help.
Since the user says he can't boot even from floppy, he may need the text here. This extract is from /usr/doc/mbr/README: ================================================== 4. The boot process ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When the MBR is first loaded it waits for a configurable length of time, monitoring the keyboard, for key presses. If the MBR detects a key press, it will interrupt the boot process, and display its prompt. Otherwise, it will load the first sector of the default partition, and execute it. If a disk error occours, the MBR will display its prompt. 4.1 The boot prompt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The boot prompt looks something like this: 14FA: This is the list of valid keys which may be pressed. This means that partitions 1, and 4 can be booted, also the first floppy drive (F). The A means that 'advanced' mode may be entered, in which any partition may be booted. The prompt for this mode looks like this: 1234F: The only other valid key which may be pressed is RETURN, which continues booting with the default partition. ========================================================== -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 Unsolicited email advertisements are not welcome; any person sending such will be invoiced for telephone time used in downloading together with a £25 administration charge. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .