Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On Friday 30 November 2001 03:02 pm, Expert wrote:
> > Is it possible?
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> > A bud of mine picked up an old
> > IBM PC server 500, and unless
> > it is not a bios problem, the stupid
> > thing keeps asking for a "Reference disc"
> > I don't know what it wants exactly,
> > I tried formatting a Linux boot disc for it,
> > but its too stupid to read it I think,
> > or else because the floppy drive is
> > 2.88 it cannot read a 1.44 disc.
Hi,
Oh boy! you don't want mess with that beast! Sounds like the PS2 type
setup. The bios info is stored on hard disk not in NVRAM. I suspect that
the HD has failed or your pal reformatted without realising the problem
he would create. The reference disk is a bootable IBM dos floppy which
has the basic programmes to create and write the bios info to the HD
without this disk you cannot even boot the machine let alone configure
it. There is nothing you can do except find some kind soul who has the
correct disc that he send you an image of. I have one for an old PS2 but
I doubt if this would be suitable for the machine you speak of. Sorry I
can't help more.
Colin Close
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