Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!cbnewsc!santol From: santol@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (shawn.r.antol) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: The PC that wouldn't boot Message-ID: <2039@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> Date: 26 Jul 89 14:56:06 GMT References: <789@lilink.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 21 In article <789@lilink.UUCP>, mikej@lilink.UUCP (Michael R. Johnston) writes: > ... > Can someone offer me a suggestion? Booting from floppy is getting annoying! > -- I have had similiar problems trying to install COMPAQ DOS on BLEADING EDGE PCs and have found that there is a BIOS incompatibility with the version of DOS. I tried other versions, but it would only work with the DOS that came with the PC. Your solution Mike, should you accept it, is to use a DIFFERENT version of DOS for your machine. "Version" is a poor word. "Manufacturer" is a better choice. Shawn Antol AT&T Bell Labs Naperville, IL. 312-979-5622 Reply all flames/email/love letters to: att!ihlpb!santol