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From: jb@aablue.UUCP (John B Scalia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: wierd problems during HD boot
Keywords: config.sys
Message-ID: <598@aablue.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jul 89 15:32:23 GMT
Organization: A A Blueprint Co., Inc. - Akron
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I've just been wrestling with the wierdest problem I've ever encountered
while putting together a PC; thus, I find myself turning to the net again
for help.

What I'm building is a little Everex Step 286/12-2, and I'm trying to
install one of Miniscribe's little half-height 80MB drives, a 3085.

The problem I'm encountering is that the unit, while booting from the
hard disk doesn't seem to want to read config.sys or its autoexec.bat
file. I've tried doing low levels with both Disk Manager from Ontrack
and Everex's own disk utilities. Both give the same end results.

In either case I low level, partition, and logically format the drive
into what should be C:, D:, & E: drives. When I boot the unit, everything
looks normal, except stupid things, like my environment size and the path
I want, never get set.

Anybody got any ideas? Everex can't help since this isn't one of their
"factory" drives, but I don't have any choice but to use this (unless you
know of another HH 80MB drive that I could substitute).

Humbly yours,
John B. Scalia
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Sometimes they do let me speak for the company, not today though.