I know that you said the cmos was set up correctly, but I seem to remember a
setting in some cmos setup that prevents booting from the floppy as a
security issue.  You might look for that type of setting in the chipset
features of the bios.

HTH

Mike Buraczewski
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Griffith <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 8:56 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Can't Boot From Floppy


>Hi List Members,
>I am having a strange problem with a customers machine.
>I can't get it to boot from a boot floppy.  The machine is a
>HP Vectra VL2 4/66.  The floppy drive is setup and enabled
>correctly in the Cmos and the drives works just fine in Win 95.
>I have tried several different boot disks with the same result.
>I have replaced the drive and the drive cable.  The drive will
>read and write in Windows and in a DOS window in windows.
>I can run a Dos program from the floppy in a Dos window.  If
>I boot to Dos and try to run the same program I get a
>"Drive not ready message".  If I disable boot from the
>harddrive in the Cmos the system asks for a boot disk then
>hit any key.  At this time the drive light comes on for a moment
>then goes out and that is it.
>Any ideas would be appreciated and tried. :)
>Best Regards,
>
>Bill Griffith
>Integrated Computer Solutions
>
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