Error: No ROM Basic System Halted
Posted: Mon 25 Feb, 2019 10:40 am
I am trying to install MS-DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.1 on my 250MB HD. AMI WinBIOS boots up fine and I was able to start the installation program for DOS. Within the program, I chose to configure all the unallocated space on my HD and then it asks me to restart the system so that installation can continue. So I did, with the disk still in Drive A:. After the memory check, the system configuration screen is immediately replaced with the error 'NO ROM BASIC SYSTEM HALTED', and trying again without disk in drive does not help. So why am I getting this all of a sudden? Does it have something to do with my HD parameters? I thought that this message only applies if you use an IBM PC/AT/XT machine.
It does not like the hard disk that I added. Once I remove it from the PCem Configuration Manager, it boots fine.
Config file:
It does not like the hard disk that I added. Once I remove it from the PCem Configuration Manager, it boots fine.
Config file:
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gameblaster = 0
gus = 0
ssi2001 = 0
voodoo = 0
model = win486
cpu_manufacturer = 0
cpu = 10
cpu_use_dynarec = 0
cpu_waitstates = 0
gfxcard = stealth3d_2000
video_speed = -1
sndcard = sb16
cpu_speed = 6
has_fpu = 1
disc_a =
disc_b =
hdd_controller = ide
mem_size = 16384
cdrom_drive = 0
cdrom_channel = 2
cdrom_path =
zip_channel = -1
hdc_sectors = 63
hdc_heads = 16
hdc_cylinders = 507
hdc_fn = /home/gmp/PCem/PCem Files/Hard Drives/250MB - MS-DOS 6.2 + Windows 3.1.img
hdd_sectors = 0
hdd_heads = 0
hdd_cylinders = 0
hdd_fn =
hde_sectors = 0
hde_heads = 0
hde_cylinders = 0
hde_fn =
hdf_sectors = 0
hdf_heads = 0
hdf_cylinders = 0
hdf_fn =
hdg_sectors = 0
hdg_heads = 0
hdg_cylinders = 0
hdg_fn =
hdh_sectors = 0
hdh_heads = 0
hdh_cylinders = 0
hdh_fn =
hdi_sectors = 0
hdi_heads = 0
hdi_cylinders = 0
hdi_fn =