so i have a VERY old pc i'm trying to revive. i have next to none for computer manufacturing information. when i start it up it flashes no information about how to access the BIOS or anything like that. i can boot from a live CD as long as a hard drive is not plugged in via a ribbon cable. when i turn it on it displays this:
Novel netware ready firmware v (940809)
(c) copyright 1991 - 1994 novel inc. all rights reserved
SiS 900/7016 PCI Adapters DOS ODI Driver v1.10(00122![]()
(c) copyright 1998 SiS corp. all rights reserved
press <home> key to boot from Local Drive.
RPL-Rom-ADR: 0080 08c0 0001
RPL-Rom-IRQ: 11
RPL-Rom-PIO: D400
RPL-Rom-FFC: 1
it then count up to 5 and then it displays this:
searching for boot record from SCSI..Not Found
Boot Failure
Insert BOOT diskette in A:
Press any key when ready
all of these display regardless of weather or any cd/dvd drives or a keyboard is plugged in. any help is appreciated.

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