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Re: Error : no ROM basic
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Dale <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 6 Nov 1998 06:32:50 +0000
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I agree, the HD needs the"A" attribute set for it, using Fdsik. That
is the most common cause of this error.

> At 08:12 PM 11/5/98 +0530, you wrote:
> As soon as he swithces
> >it on , he gets the message "NO ROM BASIC , SYSTEM HALTED".
>
> My system did this when the hard drive was not set as the active partition.
> The partition is made active by using the dos command "fdisk" and following
..snip..
Dale Laluk / [log in to unmask]
P.O. Box 308
Hudson's Hope, B.C. V0C 1V0
250-783-9921

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