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Missing operating system - IBM thinkpad 600

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Good evening folks.

I'm working on an IBM thinkpad 600 pentium 2 WITHOUT a floppy drive.

The laptop was basically a dead one without an operating system.

When I boot up, it goes into "missing operating system" and I can do nothing with it.

It has a sysbord issue, but that - I hope - is just the fact that the battery is fried.

Left it at the shop, so I'll have to unhook the batt to test that.

Hypothetically, if it is the batt and not the sysboard, how can I get into the MS-DOS command prompt to force the laptop to boot from my CD-Rom drive?

Should I master-slave the sucker to a tower and go from there, or what?

many thanks in advance, it's driving me nutso. :eek:

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Re: Missing operating system - IBM thinkpad 600

Ya know what?


Nevermind. Turns out the sysboard was completely and totally gone. The guy just informed me that he left it in his vehicle all winter. :rolleyes:

Soo, I get to replace a sysboard. Wheeee. Tis my first. This should be fun.
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