Re: 3FA ???
What I realized after I wrote this was that he was trying to boot with the root
disk.
Oliver Elphick wrote:
> "Eloy A. Paris" wrote:
> >Aaron Walker <aaron@iconmedia.com> wrote:
> >
> >: I just installed Debian 1.3.1 on my 486 w/4MB RAM. I made Debian hard
> >: drive bootable because it's the only drive in the system. When I
> >: rebooted, I got this message:
> >:
> >: 3FA:
> >:
> >: This is all it says. Even when I try to boot off my boot disk, it says
> >: the same message. Please help. Thanks.
> >
> >/usr/doc/mbr/README explains it all. The documentation in
> >/usr/doc/lilo can also help.
>
> Since the user says he can't boot even from floppy, he may need the text here.
> This extract is from /usr/doc/mbr/README:
> ==================================================
> 4. The boot process
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> When the MBR is first loaded it waits for a configurable length of
> time, monitoring the keyboard, for key presses. If the MBR detects a
> key press, it will interrupt the boot process, and display its
> prompt. Otherwise, it will load the first sector of the default
> partition, and execute it. If a disk error occours, the MBR will
> display its prompt.
>
> 4.1 The boot prompt
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The boot prompt looks something like this:
>
> 14FA:
>
> This is the list of valid keys which may be pressed. This means that
> partitions 1, and 4 can be booted, also the first floppy drive
> (F). The A means that 'advanced' mode may be entered, in which any
> partition may be booted. The prompt for this mode looks like this:
>
> 1234F:
>
> The only other valid key which may be pressed is RETURN, which
> continues booting with the default partition.
> ==========================================================
>
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