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From: Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au>
Subject: Re: 4.1 install won't boot (but 4.0 will!) 
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I wrote: 

> But when we try and boot the machine from the hard disk, it won't boot. All we
> get (after the POST) is a single "-" in the top LH corner of the screen.  No 
> whirly, no error messages, no BTX loader banner, nothing but the single "-".

Thanks to Harlan Stenn for politely pointing out the ERRATA.TXT entry.
Dunno why I didn't remember reading about this on -stable.....

But.

I've installed the new boot0 from jhb's web page, and still she no
work.  Same symptoms, blank screen with a "-" (which is actually a
flashing underline cursor, I think), no other messages.  I also tried
the boot0 from another 4.1-Stable machine - also no work.  (This boot0
was byte-for-byte identical to the one from jhb's web page, so it was
not a case of corrupted download!)

Temporary workaround: install the (512-byte) boot0 from the 4.0 CDs 
using boot0cfg.  This does boot just fine.

Greg,
Still happy to test any suggestions!


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