*** On 04-20-93  21:56, Tim King had the unmitigated gall to say this:

 TK> accidentally discovered that if a have a floppy from ONE particular
 TK> box of diskettets in the A drive when I boot up, rather than getting
 TK> the "Non-system diskette" message, the machine hangs and the CMOS
 TK> gets overwritten (luckily, Gateway sends a print of the standard

Just a wild thought here, but how about this: there is a small boot program
on every formatted diskette, whether or not it contains system files.  It is
this small program that prints the "Non-System Disk" error, not DOS.  If
this program tries to transfer control to a BIOS location that is
nonstandard on the Gateway, then it could clear the BIOS.

I don't think that the BIOS is overwritten, there is usually a small routine
to clear the CMOS area, in case an invalid configuration prevents the
machine from booting.  I think that the boot code on the Fuji disks may
inadvertantly call this routine.

Just a thought.

... Don't hit me, Mr. Moderator... I'll go back on topic... I swear!
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