Adrian,
Not sure if this will work for your box but worth a try. When booting
hold down any key. This should cause a keyboard error, as your BIOS
assumes there is a key stuck, etc. Usually the BIOS will then print
instructions to the screen on how to enter setup ('press 'F1' to enter
setup' or similar message). Good luck!
Anthony
Adrian Lynch wrote:
>
> I'm hoping to get this machine working, it's a HP Vectra 486/66ST, just
> bought some RAM for it, Two 16Mb SIMMs. It has a floppy(thank the lord), a
> scsi HD(not sure how big, 500mb I think), scsi card, and the other
> trimmings. Although not technically a Linux question, it willl lead to many
> more, I want to put a lightweight Linux on this
> (is lightweight the wrong term?) machine. I can't seem to get beyond the
> start up menu, it runs through a check of the components, floppy, keyboard
> ect. I get an error for System Configuration, I have tried booting from the
> floppy, with various disks. Also the CD, I'm not even sure I can get into
> the BIOS to have a tinker. What it all boils down to is, it asks for a
> Diskette named "Vectra #1", I thought I had downloaded the right thing from
> a site, but all I get is the same message, "insert diskette Vectra #1 into
> drive A.......................press any key to continue"
>
> The error message prior to this says,
> "The record of your configuration that is saved in your CMOS memory does not
> match the components that are installed on your computer"
>
> Can anyone tell me,
> a) can I get into the BIOS
> b) where can I get the disk "Vectra #1" from (tried HP site but very little
> info on what I have)
> c) a place or person that can help me.
>
> PS, I checked the floppy was working in another machine, so it shouldn't be
> that.
>
> Cheers
>
> Adrian Lynch
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