Check to see if the floppy light is staying on.  If it is, your cable's
reversed.  If not, go into setup (usually delete during a cold boot) and check
your boot order.  Make sure it's checking A: first, then C:.

Lindstrom, Rick wrote:

> Greetings-
>
> I finally got around to building my first box, although I can't really say
> it's built yet because I have a problem (I got by the first problem- bad
> RAM DIMM- without too much trouble).
>
> This is an AMD 350 K-6 built on an Aopen AX59 Pro board with the 1 meg cache.
>
> The machine boots up normally, and I can get in to setup with no problem.
> Video is good and all that.
>
> When I exit setup and the bootup process continues, I get a "BOOT DISK
> ERROR. INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" message. This repaets with a
> bootable floppy in the drive.
>
> It appears to be a problem with the floppy, but I'm not sure. Everything
> looks to be connected properly, and the floppy is detected in the CMOS
> setup. And lastly, I know I have a bootable disk.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks-
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Rick Lindstrom
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> Tallahassee, FL
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