Re: [OT]XP Help

["Alancc" <alan.cc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just tried another CD that I know boots still no joy, the mobo is a P2 266,
I wanted to use it as I know its stable it has been running Win 98 in node
0
for three years with no problems.

Alancc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:33 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT]XP Help


>
> > Just tried it again with the raid controler out of the PCI
> > bus, still does it.
> > I have nearly worn out the A drive with all these poxy floppies.
> > Is there another way to install XP on an old machine without
> > using the boot floppies?
>
> Arse! That'll teach me to read more carefully - it hadn't registered
that
> you were running the install from boot floppies rather than booting
from
the
> CD drive. Sorry.
>
> I know it means spending money but wouldn't it just be easier to
change
the
> mobo or CD ROM? Is it definitely the mobo that won't boot from CD ROM?
What
> motherboard / processor / memory do you have? Is the CD ROM a bootable
ATAPI
> drive? (I have one IDE CD ROM drive that just isn't bootable from no
matter
> what mobo you stick it on.) Maybe I might have something here in the
parts
> pile that would help?
>
> Phil
>




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