Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:10261 comp.unix.i386:7987 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!udel!princeton!mccc!pjh From: pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.unix.i386 Subject: Broken 6386! Message-ID: <1990Aug21.232347.14038@mccc.uucp> Date: 21 Aug 90 23:23:47 GMT Organization: The College On The Other Side Of Route One Lines: 30 My nice new 6386E/33 refuses to boot from the floppy drive! This began after I tried to re-install UNIX SV R3.2.2 from the diskettes supplied by Consensys, the caching controller people. I booted their FORMAT.PS diskette and formatted the #1 HD, then switched to the BOOT.PS diskette -- a modified version of the SVR3.2.2 distribution diskette #1 --, rebooted, hit at the appropriate point, and typed "unix.PS" as per their instructions. "Can't find file" was the result. I then decided to remove their controller and install a WD1007-WA2. No joy there either, so the PS controller went back in. Now, when I power up, the "fault" light goes on immediately and stays on, POST runs faultlessly, indicating that I have 2 floppies, but showing failure for the hard disk(s). And a 1790 error appears, and tells me to hit F1 to continue. I get a message about a boot, but the FD access LED stays dark and nothing happens (except that the NUM/SCROLL/CAPS Lock LEDs are on)! Before I waste a call to the Hot Line, does anyone have any suggestions? I have already removed the Starlan board and the multiport boards, and even removed the controller briefly, but turning the power on turns on the fault light! Thanks, Pete -- Prof. Peter J. Holsberg Mercer County Community College Voice: 609-586-4800 Engineering Technology, Computers and Math UUCP:...!princeton!mccc!pjh 1200 Old Trenton Road, Trenton, NJ 08690 Internet: pjh@mccc.edu