AST RESEARCH, INC.           TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 0944                6-24-94




                             ASCENTIA 900N FLOPPY BOOT


PROBLEM:        When the Ascentia 900N system is cold-booted from a 1.44 MB
                floppy disk, then warm-booted from a 720 KB floppy disk
                (or vice versa), the system boots from the hard drive,
                ignoring the diskette in the floppy drive.

CAUSE:          Unknown.

SYSTEMS
AFFECTED:           AST                                            REVISION
                PART NUMBER         DESCRIPTION                      LEVEL

                501299-2XX      ASCENTIA 900N 4/50 CS10               All
                501300-3XX      ASCENTIA 900N 4/50 CT9                All
                501302-2XX      ASCENTIA 900N 4/75 CS10               All
                501304-3XX      ASCENTIA 900N 4/75 CT10               All

SOLUTION:       Cold-boot the system from a 720 KB floppy disk.