Specifications

EPC-8 Hardware Reference

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Common Error Messages

This section contains a summary of error and warning messages alphabetized by

message text. These are messages generated by the BIOS and MS-DOS that may be

related to your hardware configuration.

Bad or missing command interpreter

Problem: The DOS operating system cannot find the Command line interpreter.

Solution(s): Either COMMAND.COM is not present at the specified (or default)

directory level of the boot disk or the "SHELL=" statement in your

CONFIG.SYS lists the file incorrectly (wrong directory or

misspelled).

Operating system not found

Problem: No boot disk could be found.

Solution(s): This could occur in several different ways.

Your hard disk may not have been partitioned into logical drive(s).

PCs look for logical drives to boot from. Hard disks are physical

drives; partitions are logical drives.

Your BIOS setup screen has all disks disabled, or if your hard disk is

disabled and no floppy diskette is inserted in the A: drive. Or the hard

disk drive has no active partition set. Run the BIOS setup program

and verify that all disk parameters are correct. If they are, insert a

bootable floppy disk in the A: drive and press enter. If a hard disk is

present, verify that it is properly partitioned and formatted as a system

disk and one partition is set active.

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