Troubleshooting your FDD

When loading the floppy it stops with "boot failed."

• Bad floppy. Or bad bootloader (some versions are known to give up easy)
• Use another floppy or a new version of the ldlinux.sys file (go allthewebbing for it for instance. grab one from a linux distros bootdisks. I did.)
• Or get the CD image from the download page.

Key FDD Resource Site http://www.computerhope.com/help/floppy.htm

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