Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!lilink!mikej
From: mikej@lilink.UUCP (Michael R. Johnston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: The PC that wouldn't boot
Message-ID: <789@lilink.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jul 89 12:03:54 GMT
Organization: LILINK Public Xenix, Long Island, New York
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I have a nagging problem with a PC that I would love to fix. It seems
that the machine will not boot off the hard disk no matter what I do.
I was able to install the drive and perform all the necessary steps
to get the drive up. If I try to boot from the hard drive the machine
just sits there. If I boot off the floppy and then change to the
C: drive all is well. Now, before you go and say "He didn't install the
O/S on the drive" let me just say that I DID do a format /s and am still
unable to get the thing to boot. I am beginning to believe that
perhaps one of the switches on the motherboard needs to be thrown. I'll
be damned if I know which one. The manufacturer has not been very helpful.
You see, this is one of those el-cheapo clones.

For interested parties I am running a Phoenix BIOS ver 2.27a. I have 
a Seagate 20 Meg HD and a Western Digital Controller card. I think
it is a WX2 controller card. It's all very standard stuff.

Can someone offer me a suggestion? Booting from floppy is getting annoying!
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Michael R. Johnston
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