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Even though floppies are still supported for the last

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three remaining users of PC-98 it isn't common to get questions
about floppies. Instead answer
with the most likely cause of the problem.

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Eitan Adler 2012-12-12 00:07:36 +00:00
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<qandaentry> <qandaentry>
<question id="boot-floppy-strangeness"> <question id="boot-floppy-strangeness">
<para>Strange things happen when I boot the install floppy! <para>Strange things happen when I boot the install disk!
What is happening?</para> What is happening?</para>
</question> </question>
<answer> <answer>
<para>If you are seeing things like the machine grinding to a <para>If you are seeing things like the machine grinding to a
halt or spontaneously rebooting when you try to boot the halt or spontaneously rebooting when you try to boot the
install floppy, here are three questions to ask &os; installer, make sure that the SHA256 hash of
yourself:</para> the image matches the one on the website. If you
accidently downloaded the disk image in binary (or
<orderedlist> image) mode the will be corrupted. (Do not be embarrassed,
<listitem> even the best of us have accidentally downloaded a binary
<para>Did you use a new, freshly-formatted, error-free file in ASCII mode at least once!)</para>
floppy (preferably a brand-new one straight out of the
box, as opposed to the magazine cover disk that has been
lying under the bed for the last three years)?</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Did you download the floppy image in binary (or
image) mode? (do not be embarrassed, even the best of us
have accidentally downloaded a binary file in ASCII mode
at least once!)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>If you are using &windows;&nbsp;95 or
&windows;&nbsp;98 did you run <command>fdimage</command>
or <command>rawrite</command> in pure DOS mode? These
operating systems can interfere with programs that write
directly to hardware, which the disk creation program
does; even running it inside a DOS shell in the GUI can
cause this problem.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</answer> </answer>
</qandaentry> </qandaentry>