ok my aunt gave me this pos computer
etower 566k or somthing
i replaced the HD with a 40 gig
also i added 128 more ram
but to the point
i start it up with no cd or floppy in it and i get an "Cannot boot from floppy"error
SO
i boot from a Win98 floppy, and try to format HD
well i cant boot from floppy...
so i try to install windows xp via cd
every thing goes smooth until i have to reboot my comp
i get the floppy error
so i try to set the BIOS and all that(i also removed the floppy)
but still nothing
so i thought"well screw windows"
i have slackware 10.1 and fedora ready to go...but wont i have to same problem????
maybe a live cd will work...
although i would like to get windows on the box(b/c thats what the majority of programs are in)
i could also dual boot...
but i need to solve the boot problem
any ideas??
thx in advance
*edit*
i also have an auditor boot cd
etower 566k or somthing
i replaced the HD with a 40 gig
also i added 128 more ram
but to the point
i start it up with no cd or floppy in it and i get an "Cannot boot from floppy"error
SO
i boot from a Win98 floppy, and try to format HD
well i cant boot from floppy...
so i try to install windows xp via cd
every thing goes smooth until i have to reboot my comp
i get the floppy error
so i try to set the BIOS and all that(i also removed the floppy)
but still nothing
so i thought"well screw windows"
i have slackware 10.1 and fedora ready to go...but wont i have to same problem????
maybe a live cd will work...
although i would like to get windows on the box(b/c thats what the majority of programs are in)
i could also dual boot...
but i need to solve the boot problem
any ideas??
thx in advance
*edit*
i also have an auditor boot cd