No active unix partition

[Skeater]

I am trying to upgrade SCO 5.0.5 to SCO 5.0.6 and am getting the message

"No active Unix partition, cannot determine the root file system location"

If I take the floppy and cd for the upgrade out of the machine, it boots fine.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[Hemo]

What type of hardware is in this system, especially the hard disk system.. sounds like you may need a BTLD for the install disk to 'see' the disk controller and disk.

 

[Skeater]

The hardware is PCIDA, we have tried to get the BTLD on floppy but it won't fit. We will keep trying. Thanks.

 

[edfair]

How are you trying to put it on the floppy? Most I've seen require something like rawwrite or equivalent to transfer it.

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