I am looking for anyone that has the time and patience beyond what i’ve put in my machine. I’m a fairly savvy computer tech so i’ve done what all I know. Is there a certain kind of DOS I need, I ran 6.2.2 and a regular boot up disk. What I need is the reference disk. The one I have seems to be able to not “boot up” but I can look at its contents. I have Windows 3.1 but without being able to name the c prompt i’m stuck. Thanks for any help.
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No. Any version of DOS (MS or PC) should work. You’ll need to completely install DOS before Windows 3.1 (not just boot off the DOS disk).
“I have Windows 3.1 but without being able to name the c prompt i’m stuck. Thanks for any help.”
Not sure what you mean by that, but nonetheless:
http://www.walshcomptech.com/select…
Model L40 reference disk about 1/3 the way down the page.
“Channeling the spirit of jboy…”
If I was to guess, it sounds like you need a proper boot disk to edit a problem in your config.sys on the hard drive that is preventing a normal boot. But as TRA says, you really need to clarify that problem for us.
Nevertheless, the file TRA directed you to will require a diskette and a program such as WinImage to write the contents to the floppy in boot sequence. This is important, because a floppy boot disk has to have the files sectored in their proper positions to run the sequence. Since you can look at the contents perfectly fine tells me the disk you have has the files alright, but is not sectored properly for booting.