Re: Deskpro: can't boot from hd, or run setup from floppy; not newbie, have rtfm


Bill Marcum wrote:
Have you tried a memtest86 floppy?

Afer I installed Linux, but before I replaced hda, I booted a memtest86
floppy, and ran it for a couple of hours just to check out the memory
hardware. No errors were found. I've still got that floppy, and I'll
try it again; I expect the same result.

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