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| Thread ID: 59544 | 2005-07-05 07:08:00 | Lock up when loading CD driver from startup disk | asdex (1488) | Press F1 |
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| 369643 | 2005-07-05 07:08:00 | Hi I have a IBM 300GL given to me and want to get it running for the kids. Its a P2 266. I have formated it and now want to install Win 98. When I boot it from a Win startup disk it locks up after it reaches: Load driver by Oak Tech AIC-6260/6360/6370 ASPI Manager for DOS. It didn't have a CD drive original and I have installed it to load Windows. I have checked the connections, Master/Slave jumpers, BIOS settings, tried three different CD drives. Any ideas on what to try next? Thanks |
asdex (1488) | ||
| 369644 | 2005-07-05 11:01:00 | Interesting. Thats a scsi driver. I doubt you've connected a scsi CD? What is the BIOS set to as the first boot device??? It should be CDRom. Or you could set it to floppy drive and boot off a Win98 boot disk instead. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 369645 | 2005-07-06 06:50:00 | Thanks for your reply. I checked the BIOS and it has no settings for start up sequence. I guess by default to looks at the floppy then the HD. No CD bootup. I was hoping to load the win 98 boot disk and CD drives then access the CD to install Win 98. Its not a SCSI drive. I can't boot from the Startup disk as it locks up before the CD drivers are loaded. I will try a new start up disk in case and let you know. Thanks |
asdex (1488) | ||
| 369646 | 2005-07-06 09:49:00 | follow the instructions and links found Here (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) sbm will allow the cdrom to act as bootable device its great for older machines that dont support booting from cdrom |
beama (111) | ||
| 369647 | 2005-07-07 07:42:00 | Thanks for those links. I'll try tonight. A new boot disk didn't help and I notice with the CD drive unpluged, the computer boots ok with the startup disk. T also tried putting the cd on the other channel as a master but no luck. Cheers |
asdex (1488) | ||
| 369648 | 2005-07-08 01:13:00 | Thanks for those links. I downloaded the files and couldn't believe how well they ran and solved the problem. Everythings installed now and I have access to the CD drive. One of the few times I haven't had to battle with software to get everything to work. Cheers |
asdex (1488) | ||
| 369649 | 2005-07-08 02:55:00 | I seem to remember that the official W98 boot disk will happily install a CD driver that won't work, and I had to experiment with the CONFIG.SYS file to choose one which would. Glad to see that you got it fixed by not using the MS boot disk. ;) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 369650 | 2005-07-08 03:34:00 | Simply swap another CD-ROM if u hav. Most of them support booting from the startup driver. | Nintendow (8477) | ||
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