Re: floppy with 5.5 stopped at the Loading ROM image stage.

Geert Stappers wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 02:30:27AM +0100, Timothy Legge wrote:
> 
>>Booting from a floppy with 5.5 stopped at the Loading ROM image stage. 
>>It is probably a bad floppy but I did not have time to look.  (Yes I 
>>made the /bin/pcnet32.dsk and wrote that to the disk).
> 
> 
> Is the behaviour like:
> 
>  The .dsk image is loaded by floppy booting
>  but then goes the screen black, not a single message is printed.
>  And a few moments later the computer restarts
>  ( as if reset button pressed was )

No,in my case the Loading ROM image showed on the screen.  I did not 
leave it running indefinitely but it did not reboot within 30-60 seconds.

Tim


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