Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "Invalid boot diskette" what do I do?
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:20:58
Message-Id: CAN0CFw1vq4OVVwVY0t9TvO0=Rhgo5W5J7TZ_MnuTPbefD-srxQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] "Invalid boot diskette" what do I do? by imacake/LK
1 >> LOL.  Except not really.  Am I totally screwed or is there some
2 >> little-known method for kick-starting an apparently dead HD?
3 >> Everything was fine until it was rebooted.  Multiple reboots always
4 >> come back to:
5 >>
6 >> Invalid Boot diskette- Enter BOOT diskette into A:
7 >>
8 >> Cracks about how if the system is old enough to have a floppy drive
9 >> then it's overdue for a dead HD are appropriate.
10 >
11 > Diskette is not HDD
12 >
13 > A: looks too much windows-like. old system you said.. so OK.
14
15 I think the BIOS can't find a HD at all so it's trying to boot from
16 the floppy drive which does not contain a floppy disk.
17
18 - Grant