Try a new floppy drive Jim.  They go flaky in weird ways sometimes.  If
that doesn't work send more details.]
Eric

Jim Cook wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>      All of a sudden I have discovered I cannot format a floppy disk and
> make it bootable.  I have tried using the format command from MY COMPUTER in
> Windows 98 and using the format A:/s command at the DOS prompt.  The files
> are there.  I can boot from a floppy made at another computer and boot from
> a Windows 98 setup disk. I can't remember when the last time I made a
> bootable floppy on this computer but I have done it before.  What's the deal
> here ???
>
> Thanks
> Jim Cook
> Jim's Computer Systems
>
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