Michael,

This may be too easy, but did you check to make sure that the drives were
properly configured in the BIOS?

    Drive A as 3.5"   - 1.44M
    Drive B as 5.25" - 1.2M

Then make sure to change the boot sequence in the BIOS from 'C: A:' to 'A:
C:' .

This will hopefully take care of it!

Tim Klymkow

-----Original Message-----
From: michael <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, February 26, 1998 04:56 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] won't boot from floppy


>here's a strange one for the list.
>
>1.44 3.5 floppy (a:)
>1.2 5.25 floppy (b:)
>i planned on replacing my c: drive with it and copy the contents of
>c:(pretty much just tthe os and support files ) to it.
> i mounted the drive, unplugged the maxtor's ribbon cable and plugged in
>the new western digital drive.  yes i set the slave jumper.
>i rebooted to the bios setup.
>amibios auto configured the new drive.
>i dig out my trusty emergency boot disk to format the new drive and lo
>and behold, my machine boots from c:.
>i reboot about 20 times with the same result, box won't boot from a:.
>ok i figure, disk is corrupted(been a while since i used it)
>machine boots to win95 i open explorer, disk is fine.
> i make another boot disk.
>same result.
>2 hours later i realize that a: drive is not being recognized at
>startup. i think to myself  ok 3.5 crapped on me. i switch cables on
>floppies make 5.25 a: and pat myself on the back.
>2.5 hours later i put the whole thing back to it's original config and
>write this plea for help!!
>
>any clues as to why i can't boot from floppy?
>tried EVERYTHING .
>strange thing is that win95 sees both floppies after it loads up,but
>not before.
>
>michael galante