I'm still quite , just managed to install Mandrake 9.2 on my AMD.

Now I wan't to install Slackware on an old PII Compaq Deskpro EN series. It hasn't got a cd-rom so I'm trying a floppydisk install.
When I try to boot with the bare.i bootdisk, I get "Invalid system disk". I'va tried other like bareacpi.i, raid.s, adaptec.s and I've tried using another diskette. I've tried the bootdisks from Slackware 10.0 and 9.0. I always get the same message.

Anybody got any ideas as to what could be the problem?
My plan was to use it as a fileserver, since it's got a rather big harddisk (6Gig).
Any tips are welcome. I'm willing to try any distro as long as I can use it as a file- and maybe webserver for testing.

How did you go about making the floppy? If your in windows, you have to use the rawrite.exec on the cd to make the floppy.

I made the bootdisk in Mandrake: I checked the floppy and there where files on it, I think also a bootloader.

Try doing it in windows but do a full format of the floppy in windows first.

I tried it in Windows before I did it in Mandrake, but I couldn't get the Rawwrite to work.
I downloaded the Rawwrite exe together with the Bootdisk, but for some reason it didn't work.
I can't quite remeber what went wrong, but when I have the time I'll try it again and post here what the prob was.

Tried that, but still the same:
Invalid system disk
Replace the disk, and then press any key

I'm beginning to think it's a hardware problem. Can you get any bootable floppy to boot from that drive, eg windows startup disk? The other thing to check is your bios setup; is the drive recognized by the bios and is it set to boot from the floppy first?

I seem to be getting the same error with an MS-DOS bootdisk.
But when I check my BIOS it does recognize the drive and it is first in the boot sequence.

I don't think I can get a cd drive into this pc, but it does have a networkcard, with is also recogized by the bios. Is there any way I can boot via the network?

Or do you know any other way I can get to boot this thing? I got the pc with a completely empty harddisk,

OK, I finaly managed to boot. I just did a reset to default in the BIOS and now it boots from the floppy without a problem!
Tnx for the help anyway!