Raymond,

The PC should boot with any available DOS boot disk.

The error message clearly indicates that the PC is reading a
disk drive (which rules out hardware problems)
but there are no system files on the disk.  (which means it
is an OS Installation problem).

The question that still remains is.....
what disk is the PC tryinig to boot from? A or C?

I think you have one of two problems.
A. The boot disks you are using are no good.
     Take the DOS disk to a working PC and see if it will
      boot from the diskette. You should end up with a DOS prompt.
B. The PC is still trying to boot from the hard drive.
     Recheck your BIOS settings.  Make sure that it points to the
     floppy first.

Jim Meagher

----- Original Message -----
From: "Raymond Busic" <[log in to unmask]>

> Was given a GATEWAY 486/33 in order for me to access 5.25 floppys. Cant
get the system to boot up, error message reads..." Non system disk", it
thens jumps to BIOS setup, all settings are correct. I save and reboot but
get same error message...I thought it would boot with a DOS SETUP disk or
maybe WINDOWS setup disk, thinking it had no OS installed. Still no luck..is
there a particular type of boot disk I need that is unique to GATEWAY to
boot up this system?
>
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