Booting from a floppy...seeking help!

[pulid]

I have 1 question:

I have problems booting from a floppy. When I boot up, floppy or not, I can enter BIOS, and if I don't enter BIOS i get to a thing that shows my IRQ things and thats it.

My green LED light from the floppy never turns off BTW

 

[KimLeece]

Make sure that your floppy controller cable is connected the right way round - the light will stay on if the cable is backwards.

Kim Leece.

 

[pint123]

have had same problem before, ended up being that the floppy drive was screwed...try replacing if you can with another one, other then that it could be a conflict with some other hardware, i will usually try taking all unnessesary hardware out then adding 1 piece at a time to see if the prob will reoccur..hope this helps

 

[edfair]

Usual cause with light on all the time is cable backwards. But it can be the cable itself , or the floppy, and on occasion the controller itself.
You also need to look at the cable attachment. It is possible on some drives to connect it a row or a pin offset. Ed Fair
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