[walton@berbee.com: Fixing the Master Boot Record]
Make sure to have the necessary dos system files like command.com on that
floppy since you need to boot your computer into dos to be able to run the
bios upgrade. You'll want to format that floppy with the option to install
the "system files" on it and then copy the bios upgrade software and boot
up.
-Grant
----- Forwarded message from "Bryan K. Walton" <walton@berbee.com> -----
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:36:21 -0600 (CST)
From: "Bryan K. Walton" <walton@berbee.com>
To: Debian-User Mailing List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>,
Debian Laptop Mailing List <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Fixing the Master Boot Record
Hi everybody,
In trying to get Slink installed successfully on my laptop (IBM
Thinkpag 390E) I have learned that it is important to upgrade the Bios
first. So, for the short term, I am taking some steps backwards. I
downloaded a bios upgrade program on to a diskkette from IBM's website. To
perform the upgrade, I need to boot up the computer with this diskette in
the floppy drive. When I do that however, the computer gives me an error
message saying that there is an invalid system disk in the floppy drive.
I am instructed to remove it and then hit any key to continue. This
doesn't happen with any disk as I can still boot up from a boot floppy. I
think this is due to my installing LILO on the MBR. So I did an "fdisk
/mbr" to remove LILO and then attempted to perform the bios upgrade again.
I still get this error. So I then downloaded the upgrade program on to
another diskette (in case the disk was the problem) and I still get
this message. Can anyone tell me how can I fix my mbr so that I can
boot up into this program and upgrade my BIOS?
Thanks,
Bryan Walton
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Bryan K. Walton
Network Operations Center Analyst
Berbee Information Networks Corporation
5520 Research Park Drive
Madison, Wisconsin 53711
Phone: 608.288.3000
E-Mail: walton@berbee.com
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