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From: kak@hico2.UUCP (Kris A. Kugel)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Problems with diagnostic disk (was: 3B1 hard disk gone south?)
Summary: one floppy disk boots, one don't . . .
Keywords: HDERR 3b1 unixpc 7300 harddisk floppy boot
Message-ID: <772@hico2.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 91 00:56:10 GMT
References: <649@hico2.UUCP> <671@hico2.UUCP> <725@hico2.UUCP>
Followup-To: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Organization: High Country Software
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This is getting bizzare. 

In article <725@hico2.UUCP>, I (kak@hico2.westmark.com) 
> In article <671@hico2.UUCP>, I (kak@hico2.westmark.com) write:
> > In article <649@hico2.UUCP>, I (kak@hico2.westmark.com) write:

> > Now, the diagnostic disk won't boot EITHER.
> > I have no idea what would cause a progressive failure like this.
> The machine is still interacting with the floppy, if I open the
> latch, the generation of the squares stops.  

One suggestion I got was that the diagnostic floppy could have 
have been trashed, and suggested I test this with booting off 
Foundation set #3.  (thanks to Peter Schmit) Well, this disk booted!.
So I grapped the s4 diagnostics and Thad's install script.  I
created a new, bootable diagnostic floppy.  THAT won't boot.
(it, and the munged diagnostic both boot on hico2, 
 and while the bad diagnostic disk won't load properly
 on hico2, NOTHING works right with either disk on ailing hico3.)

I'm wondering what I did wrong, what's different about the
diagnostics disks (and hico3) that they won't boot in hico3,
but Foundation set #3 will?
                               Kris A. Kugel
                             ( 908 ) 842-2707
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