Installation Problems
This section of the appendix covers various installation problems you may encounter and possible solutions to these problems.
Booting from Floppy Causes System to Hang or Reboot
There are a few things that can cause this to happen. The first is simply a bad floppy. Remember that the boot image is written to the floppy without checking the format, and that the entire floppy is used. Even a single bad block on the floppy can cause problems. Try writing the boot disk to a new floppy, and see if it fixes the problem.
If using a new floppy does not fix the problem, make sure that you used binary mode and not ASCII mode to transfer the floppy in your FTP client.
Another thing that can sometimes cause this problem is virus protection ...
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