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From: mark@vehka.uta.fi (Marko Jauhiainen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: NO ROM BASIC, SYSTEM HALTED (Help !)
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Date: 20 Jul 90 06:20:59 GMT
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Reply-To: mark@vehka.uta.fi (Marko Jauhiainen)
Organization: University of Tampere, Finland
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	Hello,

	I had two ST-138 32 Mb harddisks in my Express (286 machine), and
I removed the other one. I managed to boot it from a floppy disk but when
I tried to boot it from the hard disk it simply said 'NO ROM BASIC, SYSTEM
HALTED'. I thought that I got my cables mixed so I checked them and now it
won't even boot from a floppy anymore :( Any idea what causes the message ?

	Another question: if I have a fixed disk (32 Mb) with 2 (16 Mb)
partitions, is it possible to format (high-level) just one partition without
data being destroyed on the other partition ?

	I'd be very grateful for any help you can give,

		thanks !

		Mark

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