hardware problems

[Matt Alexander]

I usually see that error when I accidentally plug the floppy cable in
backwards on either the motherboard or the floppy drive.  Make sure the
little red line on the cable is going to pin 1.
~M

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On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, robert jorgenson wrote:

> Okay every time i try and boot from the floppy i get this error "floppy
> disk(s) fail (40)" I have tried everything short of replacing the floppy
> drive because i know it works i tried it on a different computer. I have
> replaced the ide cable, i made sure it was plugged in right, i made sure
> power was plugged in right, i made sure everything was right in the
> bios, i checked the boot floppy i am using on another computer. The only
> problem with the floppy though is it wont boot, if i tell bios to ignore
> all errors it boots fine, but since i dont have anything on my harddrive
> and my bios cant boot from the cd-rom this doesn't help me at all...i
> have to be able to boot from the floppy and cant seem to find a way to
> fix it. If anyone can help me i would appreciate it alot, i know this is
> kinda off subject from linux so if you want to keep it off the list just
> e-mail me at snoogans@qwest.net
>
>
> -Thanx
>
> The Newbie
>
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