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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!ericwolf
  2. From: ericwolf@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Wolf)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
  4. Subject: Re: "DOS from Drive A" fails with "Illegal Instruction" error.
  5. Message-ID: <BxL9KB.zK@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
  6. Date: 12 Nov 92 05:50:34 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: mentor.BxL9KB.zK
  8. References: <1dpubcINNh9u@myall.awadi.com.au>
  9. Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
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  12. In article <1dpubcINNh9u@myall.awadi.com.au> dhichens@awadi.com.au writes:
  13. >
  14. >G'Day,
  15. >
  16. >    Has anybody come across the problem of "DOS from Drive A" failing with an "Illegal Instruction" error? The problem occured both before and after installing the service pack.
  17. >
  18. >    Thanks for any assistance.
  19. >
  20. >
  21. >        Regards,
  22. >
  23. >
  24. >        David Hichens.
  25.  
  26.  
  27. Yeah, me too!
  28.  
  29. Why did it do this???  I can't get it to boot anything from drive A without
  30. coming up with the SYS3176 (or whatever) error.  That is, by the way, an
  31. illegal instruction if I remember what it said correctly.
  32.  
  33. Any clues?
  34.  
  35. - Eric
  36.