On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 03:06:30PM -0600, Patrick Goetz wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > i don't think blasting it away will fix the problem. it definitely
> > has to do with how the bios sees the drive, and apparently taking the
> > zip drive off the primary controller confused it (or something).
> >
> > try resetting the defaults in your bios (will have to do it by jumper
> > if it is an old dimension) and if that doesn't work, see what
> > different settings there are for disk 0 (LBA, etc).
> >
>
> Good suggestion. I should have mentioned that I tried this already by
> changing the BIOS setting from "Auto Configured" to "User Definable" and
> entered the drive parameters by hand. I still ended up with LI.
>
> Right now I've given up on ever booting my machine again and am trying to
> decide if it's worth the extra cash to get hollow points. (Just joking,
> for all you literalists out there.)
>
> Maybe flashing the BIOS will help, but this drive has been working for
> months with the current BIOS.
>
heh, heh, it's funny because i am experiencing a similar phenomenon...
my workstation at the office is an old 486 that refused to boot from
its 4GB hard drive after a power failure. i get the same LI on boot
and expect to boot from a floppy as long as i am using this machine.
jacob
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