[Floppertalk] Help! The computer sticks after reboot during i nstallation!!

CJ Luck floppertalk@oldskool.org
Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:38:45 -0700


followed your instructions but it still won't boot the image files.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jleyda" <jleyda@micron.com>
To: <floppertalk@oldskool.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 3:09 PM
Subject: RE: [Floppertalk] Help! The computer sticks after reboot during i
nstallation!!


> It didn't work.
>
> My guess is that the diskette itself is bad or formatted weird.
> In pure dos, do a "format a: /u" and if the disk has any bad sectors or
doesn't format out to the correct size (ie, it's a 1.44mb disk and it
formats to 1.2mb or 720k) then try another disk.
>
> For some reason, install is unable to write to sectors 2 and 3.
>
> -jeff!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CJ Luck [mailto:clrockets@charter.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 12:31 PM
> To: floppertalk@oldskool.org
> Subject: Re: [Floppertalk] Help! The computer sticks after reboot during i
nstallation!!
>
>
> Thanks! It worked. Here's the vectable.dat file for u 2
> analyze.
>
> On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 07:53:26 -0600
>   jleyda <jleyda@micron.com> wrote:
> >I'm starting to get a really bad feeling about this, but
> >try this one:
> >
> >http://www.waste.org/~winkles/install.zip
> ><http://www.waste.org/~winkles/install.zip>
> >
> >do the "install /2" again.
> >
> >I've removed all the unnecessary diskette writes from the
> >2nd portion of the install.
> >
> >This version (for me, even running it in a DOS window
> >under XP) was able to read data off the floppy and save
> >it to a file called vectabl.dat.
> >
> >good luck.
> >
> >You should most certainly mail me the file "vectabl.dat"
> >that it creates so I can verify that it's actually a
> >vector table and not some random garbage from your floppy
> >disk.  If install is failing this miserably, I can't
> >imagine that it was actually able to write the correct
> >data to the floppy, but ya never know.
> >
> >-jeff!
> >
> >
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> >From: CJ Luck [mailto:clrockets@charter.net]
> >Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 10:14 PM
> >To: floppertalk@oldskool.org
> >Subject: Re: [Floppertalk] Help! The computer sticks
> >after reboot during installation!!
> >
> >
> >When i try install /2 it hangs when trying to read the
> >disk.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: jleyda <mailto:jleyda@micron.com>
> >To: 'floppertalk@oldskool.org'
> ><mailto:'floppertalk@oldskool.org'>
> >Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 6:53 AM
> >Subject: RE: [Floppertalk] Help! The computer sticks
> >after reboot during installation!!
> >
> >Do you have any virus protection enabled in the BIOS on
> >your computer?
> >Flopper tries to re-write the boot sector at this point,
> >which is rather virus-like in behavior and might be
> >caught by the BIOS.
> >
> >Are you using a 1.44mb disk?  (high density 3.5") and a
> >high density 3.5" drive?
> >
> >The vital information that flopper needs *might* be saved
> >onto the diskette even though it hung up at that point.
> >  Try this:
> >
> >Boot into safe mode DOS, change to wherever you unzipped
> >flopper, put the flopper diskette in the drive and type
> >"install /2"  and install should then attempt to read the
> >data off the disk that it needs and will save it to a
> >file called vectabl.dat.  The file will be 1k in size.
> >You'll need the install.com from the new version of
> >flopper that I linked you to yesterday.
> >
> >
> >If you'd like, mail that vectable.dat file to me
> >jeff@silent.net <mailto:jeff@silent.net>  and I can check
> >to see if it appears to be valid data or garbage, and
> >we'll take it from there.
> >
> >sorry for the headaches.  You've got a weird error,
> >that's for sure.
> >
> >-jeff!
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: CJ Luck [mailto:clrockets@charter.net]
> >Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 8:29 PM
> >To: floppertalk@oldskool.org
> >Subject: Re: [Floppertalk] Help! The computer sticks
> >after reboot during installation!!
> >
> >
> >when i run the install program after booting to the
> >floppy disk, and push enter, the drive light comes on but
> >nothing happens.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: jleyda@micron.com <mailto:jleyda@micron.com>
> >To: floppertalk@oldskool.org
> ><mailto:floppertalk@oldskool.org>
> >Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 6:46 AM
> >Subject: RE: [Floppertalk] Help! The computer sticks
> >after reboot during installation!!
> >
> >can you provide just a few more details?
> >actually, can you try this version and see if this helps?
> >
> >http://www.waste.org/~winkles/flop_102.zip
> ><http://www.waste.org/~winkles/flop_102.zip>
> >
> >-jeff!
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: CJ Luck [mailto:clrockets@charter.net]
> >Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 12:18 AM
> >To: floppertalk@oldskool.org
> ><mailto:floppertalk@oldskool.org>
> >Subject: [Floppertalk] Help! The computer sticks after
> >reboot during installation!!
> >
> >
> >minordomo@oldskool.org
> >
>
> CJ Luck
> Technical Director
> 289-8605
> clrockets@charter.net
>
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