Some people have to use 'floppy=thinkpad' to work around an inverted DCL on the drive. If it fails really quickly, this may be your issue. You can make bootable floppies by other means... For instance, I recommend "Tom's bootdisk" (search for it, I don't have the URL). -- .....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onshore.com.....<URL:http://www.onshored.com/>