If the system does not
display prompts for starting the installation
the first time you boot from the Boot Disk:
Verify that the Boot Disk is in the drive.
If another floppy disk is in the drive, the system does not
display the Boot: prompt.
Replace the floppy disk with the Boot Disk and reboot the machine.
If the Boot Disk is in the drive and the machine
still does not boot, make sure that the floppy disk is inserted
correctly and that the floppy disk drive door is closed.
Then, reboot the machine.
If the Boot Disk still does not boot, verify that your
floppy disk drive works
by booting a DOS disk.
If the floppy disk drive works, your problem may be a damaged Boot Disk.
Verify the media by booting on another similar machine if possible.
If the Boot Disk is damaged and
you do not have a backup copy, request a new Boot Disk from your
software provider.
If the system still does not boot, you most likely have
a problem with your hardware:
Check that your system has enough
RAM (Random Access Memory)--see
your computer's documentation.
Your computer must have the minimum recognized memory listed in your
Release Notes to install the operating system.
At the Boot: prompt, entering the command mem=/p displays
all the RAM the system will use.
On most systems, you can override this default using the
mem= command.
See the
boot(HW)
manual page.
If your system has enough RAM, check that the boards
(bus cards) are seated properly.
If the system still does not boot,
you may have a badly configured floppy disk drive.
Make sure that the values in the CMOS
match the drives actually attached to the system and
that the positions of multiple drives on the drive
cable match the BIOS configuration.
If the CMOS setup has a Swap drives setting,
make sure this is turned off.
Check that all cards are supported
(see the SCO Hardware Compatibility Handbook or SCO's Compatible Hardware Web Pages) and
correctly configured (as described in
Chapter 14, ``Basic hardware configuration'').
Disable cache (to enable diagnostics) and shadow RAM.
If, after performing all the above tests, the system still does not boot,
you may have a hardware failure.
Check the documentation that came with your computer for hardware tests.