"NO ROM BASIC SYSTEM HALTED"

[Dave C]

I have an old P133 PC that I was trying to create a 50Mb DOS partition in order to install Netware 5.0. Somehow in using
FDISK I have deleted some kind of file.
After POST I get this message and it will not boot up.I've tried changing settings in BIOS but to no avail.

[leeo]

Something is wrong in boot sector, or master boot record.
Did you set the primary partition as active?
That might be all it is.
If not you could use FDISK/MBR to try to restore the master boot record.
Make sure your BIOS settings are correct.
Good luck.

[eyesee]

The most common problem for this error is no active partition in fdisk as stated
Boot to a startup disk
run fdisk
display the partition
if the status is not A for active back up a screen & set the partition to active & reboot

[Dave C]

IEEO was right about the Master Boot Record
being corrupted.FDISK/MBR repaired the problem.