    AST RESEARCH, INC.           TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 0944                6-24-94

                                 ASCENTIA 900N FLOPPY BOOT

    PROBLEM:        When the Ascentia 900N system is cold-booted from a 1.44 MB
                    floppy disk, then warm-booted from a 720 KB floppy disk
                    (or vice versa), the system boots from the hard drive,
                    ignoring the diskette in the floppy drive.

    CAUSE:          Unknown.

    SYSTEMS
    AFFECTED:           AST                                            REVISION
                    PART NUMBER         DESCRIPTION                      LEVEL

                    501299-2XX      ASCENTIA 900N 4/50 CS10               All
                    501300-3XX      ASCENTIA 900N 4/50 CT9                All
                    501302-2XX      ASCENTIA 900N 4/75 CS10               All
                    501304-3XX      ASCENTIA 900N 4/75 CT10               All

    SOLUTION:       Cold-boot the system from a 720 KB floppy disk.