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From: imp@marvin.Solbourne.COM (Warner Losh)
Newsgroups: comp.org.decus,comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Hard disk problem?
Message-ID: <1990Dec12.194409.5102@Solbourne.COM>
Date: 12 Dec 90 19:44:09 GMT
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I have a question about hard disks.  I have a DEC HD controller in my
100B.  I have a Segate ST-251-1 installed.  Lately, I have been
getting error messages when I try to boot off the hard disk. It only
happens once in a while (power cycle usually fixes it), but basically
it says "Booting MS-DOS 3.10" then claims the disk is not a system
disk.  Should I be making lots of backups at this point and
reformatting the thing?  Or could the be caused by a cable that isn't
properly seated.  I have had my 'bow apart quite a bit lately playing
around with 3.5" floppies, so maybe the last time I installed the
floppy, I jarred something loose.

Has anybody else seen this problem?  Is there a solution to it?

Confused,


Warner


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