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Title: problem with Fraggal boot cd
Post by: POS on February 27, 2006, 12:50:16 pm

It seems to load fine but will not boot after restart.  It goes to an X: prompt and when I cd to c: and EXE arcadeos it wants to boot from the CD ROM drive.  I know this is an older version and it seems to work with my arcade monitor, does somone recomend a newer better set up

compaq 500 ATI Rage Pro (pc running )

Title: Re: problem with Fraggal boot cd
Post by: JoyMonkey on February 27, 2006, 01:28:50 pm

It should only boot to an X: prompt if you still have the CD in the drive. Take the CD out and reboot.

Title: Re: problem with Fraggal boot cd
Post by: POS on February 27, 2006, 02:16:59 pm

I have tried but says Abort, Retry, Fail.  It shows a c: but everytime I acess it wants to pull from the CD. 

Title: Re: problem with Fraggal boot cd
Post by: JoyMonkey on February 27, 2006, 03:07:24 pm

Quote from: POS on February 27, 2006, 02:16:59 pm

I have tried but says Abort, Retry, Fail.  It shows a c: but everytime I acess it wants to pull from the CD. 

During the CDs install procedure, are you sure you created a primary DOS partition and formatted it fully?

Title: Re: problem with Fraggal boot cd
Post by: POS on February 27, 2006, 04:36:19 pm

yes it did format.  using the format procedure that comes with the cd.  I used three different drives 1. drive had a linux program on it  i used Fragg's disk deleted non DOS part. formated and installed the programs.  when I rebooted it went to  a Grep prompt.  2. disk didn't work at all wouldn't format  3.disk is the one that i'm currently fighting.   do you have any recomendation on another setup. I just want somthing that will run with my arcade monitor and ArcadeOS runs well with my onboard Video ( ati rage pro)

Title: Re: problem with Fraggal boot cd
Post by: JoyMonkey on February 27, 2006, 08:49:24 pm

Quote from: POS on February 27, 2006, 04:36:19 pm

yes it did format.  using the format procedure that comes with the cd.  I used three different drives 1. drive had a linux program on it  i used Fragg's disk deleted non DOS part. formated and installed the programs.  when I rebooted it went to  a Grep prompt.  2. disk didn't work at all wouldn't format  3.disk is the one that i'm currently fighting.   do you have any recomendation on another setup. I just want somthing that will run with my arcade monitor and ArcadeOS runs well with my onboard Video ( ati rage pro)

I'd guess that the Linux drive probably has lilo on its master boot record, you need to remove it before the drive can be used with any other OS. I don't know a whole lot about Linux, but there's some instructions here:
http://www.control-escape.com/linux/lilo-cfg.html

Did the drive you're currently trying to use also have Linux on it?

Title: Re: problem with Fraggal boot cd
Post by: POS on February 27, 2006, 10:12:59 pm

thanks for the tip.  I had to fdisk /mbr and it came up.  Now my monitor is no turning on.  I don't even get that static crackle sound from the tube.  I'm sure this could be one of a number os issues.  thanks again

Title: Re: problem with Fraggal boot cd
Post by: POS on February 27, 2006, 11:44:32 pm

figured it out.  Bad crimp  on ac