Lawrence Walker wrote:
> On 18 Feb 98 at 12:40, Cord Coslor wrote:
> >
> > Charles A. Davis wrote:
> >
> > > Cord Coslor wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Wow, I actually got my name specifically mentioned in a question
> > > > post.... yipppeeee! Anyway, Larry there could be several things you
> > > > could try. First, your DOS disk may not be readable anymore... that
> > > > often happens these days on those classics. Second, alignment of the
> > > > boot disk drive may be out. Have you been able to get 'anything' to come
> > > > up on the screen? Any errors or anything.
> > > >
> There were several trsdos boot disks that I tried. Versions 2.0 A and
> 4.2 and copies as well as CP/M 2.2. The error message was "boot
> error ht " OK, I hit the escape key ,I get the message "insert
> diskette " I insert a disk , the activity lite goes on ( the driver
> cone is always spinning ) and the message doesn't change. The
> activity lite stays on unless I hit the reset and it reverts to the
> first message after a short while. It's beginning to sound like it's
> an allignment problem to me.
>
> >>> Give me another reply, and let me know in more detail what you
> have
> > > > going on. If nothing else, I can get you a known good 8" floppy boot
> > > > diskf or the little bigger, and we'll give that a try.
> > > >
> > > > Good luck, and get back to me,
> > > >
> > > > CORD COSLOR
> > > >
> > > > Lawrence Walker wrote:
> > >
> > > snip
> > >
> > > > > When I boot up with or without an OS disk I get a "boot error ht'
> > > > > msg. The dd spins up and sounds like its loading. Could it have been
> > > > > set up to boot off one of the hard drives ? I'm really a novice with
> > > > > TRS-80s but have Coco 1 and 2 in my collection and a Scriptsit cart.
> > > > > Is there something I'm not doing ?
> > > > >
>
> > > Hi Larry & Cord:
> > >
> > > When first reading Larry's question, there wwas something in the back of
> > > my mind about "If the thing was supposed to boot from the hard disk --
> > > you needed to hold down the CTRL (or maybe ALT) key to get it to read
> > > from the floppy?
> > >
> > > This stuff of 'automaticly' checking the floppy drive, iss 'new fangled
> > > software stuff'.
> >
> As I've now learned .
>
> > Not necessarily true... but I do understand what you're saying. I guess when I
> > wrote the reply, I didn't remember he had a hard drive running.
> >
> > CORD
> >
> No, I didn't hook up the HDD s . There were 3 of them and no visible
> numbering as to order of placement. I'll have to get under the hood
> and see what I can see, and/or try the external floppy DD. I'll let
> you know
Hah!! See, I wasn't 'completely' insane!!! :-)
CORD
> > > Chuck
> > >
>
> Thanks, larry
>
> As well as the CP/M it also has an Exenix Install set.
> Likely installed on one of the 5meg HDDs
>
> L.
> lwalkerN0spaM_at_interlog.com
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