I have a older IBM model 300 PL type 6862-34u 400 MHZ P2 with windoze 95
installed here where mandrake refuses to install but for that matter so does
windows 98 infact I can not run fdisk or format. I get some messages when I
use a windoze boot disk or a mandrake boot disk that I have never seen
before. If I use a windoze boot disk made from a windoze 98 cd I get a
message saying initalising network boot device useing interupt 18 H.....
starting windows 98 and then a message saying
Type the name of the command interpreter E.G. (C:\windows\command.com) and
then the usual A>_ prompt but if I enter FDISK or Format C: I get the
Type the name of the command interpreter bla bla bla message again.
If I use a Mandrake boot disk I get a message saying Boot failed please
change disk and press any key If I insert a different release of a Mandrake
boot disk same message again. I have tried changing every setting in the bios
that looked like it might help and still the same problems. I have removed
the battery and cleared the cmos, still no good. I have tried to flash the
BIOS and it wont let me do that. I have restored BIOS to defalt settings ,
still no luck.
If I do not put anything in the floppy drive I get a normal startup in win
95 YUK !!! also a normal start in win 95 with a CD in the CD drive.
After a start in win 95 I am able to read data on the floppy just fine.
I have installed winblows plenty of times and the same with Mandrake but I
haver hit a stone wall like this!!!
I am about out of ideas.
Can anyone offer some help ?
Thanks
Marc
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