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Other OS - 386 booting posted in the Operating Systems forums; I have just unearthed my 386... the CMOS battery is dead and it wants a system disk.. which I dont have.... anyone have a clue as to how to boot ...

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I have just unearthed my 386... the CMOS battery is dead and it wants a system disk.. which I dont have.... anyone have a clue as to how to boot it up... remember it only has a 3.5" drive.....

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Hi and welcome to PC Help Forum. If you go to our link partner - Bootdisk.Com you'll find a whole raft of bootdisks there - some of which will boot your PC.

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