ferdy wrote:
>
> I just put the basic parts into my new system and I need some help.
> ABIT BX6 MB
> PII 233
> Sony FD
> WD 2.1GB
> Toshiba 32x ATAPI
> What is happening is that when I boot the FD light stays on all the time and
> I get a FD failure message (40)
> If I f1 then I get insert system disk.
> My questions are:
> What could be the cause of this error message,
> I am planning on using System Commander, can I install that before I install
> DOS or WIN95, or anything else?
> The manual isn't very clear on this, it seems to imply that one needs to
> have an OS already installed.
> How do I have a boot disk if there is no OS installed, and how do I install
> DOS6.22 if it won't recognize the FD?
> I realize that my wording of these questions is poor but maybe someone can
> get the gist of my dilemma.
> John Chin had said that Win95 should come with a boot disk, it didn't.
> Thanks for any info that you can give me.
> Brad Loomis
Brad,
You have your floppy drive cable reversed.  The edge with the colored
(red) stripe connects to the #1 pin on the floppy and on the controller.
As for installing Commander, you must have an operating system first.
If you have no start-up disk for Windows 95 you will have to install
Dos, then your CD-Rom drivers before you can install Windows
95.(assuming you have the CD version of Win95)

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