<question id="boot-floppy-strangeness">

	  <para>Strange things happen when I boot the install floppy!

	    What is happening?</para>

	</question>

	<answer>

	  <para>If you are seeing things like the machine grinding to a

	    halt or spontaneously rebooting when you try to boot the

	    install floppy, here are three questions to ask

	    yourself:</para>

	  <orderedlist>

	    <listitem>

	      <para>Did you use a new, freshly-formatted, error-free

		floppy (preferably a brand-new one straight out of the

		box, as opposed to the magazine cover disk that has been

		lying under the bed for the last three years)?</para>

	    </listitem>

	    <listitem>

	      <para>Did you download the floppy image in binary (or

		image) mode?  (do not be embarrassed, even the best of us

		have accidentally downloaded a binary file in ASCII mode

		at least once!)</para>

	    </listitem>

	    <listitem>

	      <para>If you are using &windows;&nbsp;95 or

		&windows;&nbsp;98 did you run <command>fdimage</command>

		or <command>rawrite</command> in pure DOS mode?  These

		operating systems can interfere with programs that write

		directly to hardware, which the disk creation program

		does; even running it inside a DOS shell in the GUI can

		cause this problem.</para>

	    </listitem>

	  </orderedlist>

	</answer>

      </qandaentry>

      <qandaentry>