I have had similar problem in the past and the answer to my problem then was you can only have 2 primary partitions on an IDE drive. If you will delete some of your other partitions you will have luck. Typically I suggest if you need more than 2 partitions you need to use something like system commander to change drive attributes to get only 2 primary partitions visible at a time, or better yet only 1. Robert At 02:46 PM 2/10/00 -0800, you wrote: >There are two other partitions on the disk (both inactive at this time). > >Interestingly, if I put the floppy into the drive while it is booting from >the hard disk but before >it reaches the above point - it works OK !!! but reads files from the >diskette rather than the >HD. > >Could it be that the load system is looking for files specificaly on A: >??? and if so how can I get >around it ?? > >PS Before anyone asks - Yes ! I do need to boot from HD - for security >reasons. The STN machine >is "exposed" and even a floppy lock is considered risky. Removing the >diskette after boot is not >an option either as I often need to tweak the configuration remotely on >the fly and reboot. > >Rgds, >Bob -- Visit http://www.ShareTheNet.com for info about ShareTheNet Visit http://www.topica.com/lists/sharethenet for info about this list _____________________________________________________________ Who will win the Oscars? Spout off on our Entertainment list! http://www.topica.com/lists/showbiztalk
