Re: Problem with booting VSTa

>init: can't find root, sleeping
>Assertion failed in file fat.c, line 122
>Fatal error: fat_init: bad sector size

Your DOS filesystem server bailed out on you. It read in the boot block,
applied a sanity check to said block, and didn't like what it saw.
Usually this means you didn't get your geometry right; have a look in
boot/boot.lst, and switch your disk parameters from readp to cmos (or
vice versa, if you're already using cmos). At worst, find out what
parameters DOS is using and use the <cylinders>:<heads>:<sec/track>
format for your disk server.

If you still have no luck, let us know what type of disk you're using
and its geometry. I'll guide you through the basics of talking to the
disk in standalone mode using testsh. Hopefully you can just use the
CMOS parameters and be up and running without further bother.

                                                Andy
Received on Fri Aug 20 08:37:38 1993