Hi Don.
If the cable was on wrong, he shouldn't get as far as he does. And
if I'm sounding blunt or rude, its because I'm stuck at work on a Sunday hungover. :-)
Craig.
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On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 12:44:47
Don Taylor wrote:
>Check Drive Cable orrentation for the drive
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>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 1:32 PM
>Subject: Re: [ShareTheNet] 486 won't start STN
>
>
>> Hi Farouche
>>
>> It sounds like you either have a bad disk or bad disk drive. If you didn't
>rebuild the STN disk after switching machines, do that first, also try a
>brand new disk, and if that doesn't help, try swapping the floppy drive from
>the K6 over to the 486. I think that will fix your problem.
>>
>> Please let us know how it goes. Is is a Ps/2 or Ps/1 machine? I thought
>ps/1 machines had the MCA archatecture too, but maybe I'm mistaken. One
>other thing that just came to mind, possibly your RAM is bad or unseated,
>try to reseat it if the above fails.
>>
>> Craig
>> --
>>
>> On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 08:36:28
>> Farouche wrote:
>> >Hi all
>> >
>> >
>> >I have been running Share The Net on a K6-2 machine
>> >for a while now, but now
>> >have got my hands on an 486 that I would like to use
>> >for STN so The K6
>> >machine is free to use as webserver/SQL server.
>> >
>> >My problem is that the 486 won't start STN.
>> >
>> >It reaches the line saying "Loading initrd.qz..." when
>> >if freeze up with the
>> >disk light still on.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >The machine config is as follows :
>> >
>> > IBM PS1 486 SX 33
>> >
>> > 16 M Ram
>> >
>> > Onboard CL-GD5426 1024 Video Controller
>> >
>> > 1 Planet NE2000 Comp ISA netcard
>> >
>> > 1 D-Link D220 ISA netcard
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >The same error happens if I try to boot STN from HD
>> >
>> >But I am able to boot dos and e.g. run Partition Magic
>> >(Dos) without any
>> >problems
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Does anyone have any idea about what is wrong here
>> >
>> >
>> >Thanks in advance
>> >
>> >
>> >Farouche
>> >
>> >
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