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    Really neat idea, really good at keeping it simple as far as something like this goes!
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    jc179 replied to the thread IBM RS6000 model 370 type 7012.
    This is what I ended up doing, at the time I didn't have a bootable CD, found one a while ago and its up and going.. thanks
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    jc179 replied to the thread IBM RS6000 model 370 type 7012.
    In some sheer stroke of luck, I managed to get the disks made, somehow I was able to get the original FDD going, cleaned ribbon cable...
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    jc179 replied to the thread IBM RS6000 model 370 type 7012.
    This is good to know, must be something up with the hardware somewhere, will keep digging on... All I can do is insert a disk, and...
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    jc179 replied to the thread IBM RS6000 model 370 type 7012.
    I've yet to pickup a greaseweasle, but do intend to one day, for now just using the old hardware, which is probably the root cause of...
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    jc179 replied to the thread IBM RS6000 model 370 type 7012.
    I've yet to actually create one the disks, with the floppy drive issues at hand, and I ran into insufficient space on a 1.44m formatted...
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    jc179 replied to the thread IBM RS6000 model 370 type 7012.
    I don't but I can probably create some with instructions... The only ones I've seen so far are: Diagnostic Diskette Creation Service...
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    jc179 replied to the thread IBM RS6000 model 370 type 7012.
    Update: Managed to get myself out of trouble, did some digging and found a command called bosboot in combination with the switches -ad...
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    jc179 replied to the thread IBM RS6000 model 370 type 7012.
    I think you are right thought I haven't seen much, there seem to be many 7012 designations; The particular one I have has the CPU on a...
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    jc179 replied to the thread IBM RS6000 model 370 type 7012.
    Managed to get the machine up and running. Floppy drive was working, somewhat. I replaced the usual suspects 4.7uf and 10uf caps on it...
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