Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!cornell!johnhlee From: johnhlee@fulla.cs.cornell.edu (John H. Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: A2000HD Workbench woes... Message-ID: <51939@cornell.UUCP> Date: 12 Feb 91 18:22:44 GMT References: Sender: nobody@cornell.UUCP Reply-To: johnhlee@cs.cornell.edu (John H. Lee) Distribution: comp Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY Lines: 18 Summary: Followup-To: In article seamus@bucsf.bu.edu (Jeff Rizzo) writes: > >I was just helping out a friend of mine who got an A2000HD on the educational >discount today, and whenever we'd use the "duplicate" item in the menu, the >machine would crash. Thinking that perhaps the OS installed on the drive >had somehow gone bad, I reinstalled it from the floppy. No dice... the same >thing. What happens is, when the "duplicate" is chosen, the new icon appears, >then the "Software Error" requester shows up. Hitting cancel indicates a >GURU $3 . I haven't yet tried installing Workbench from my distribution >floppy, as it's well away from here. Any ideas? I had exactly the same symptoms after I installed a new RAM board in my B2000. The problem in my case was a bad RAM chip. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DiskDoctor threatens the crew! Next time on AmigaDos: The Next Generation. John Lee Internet: johnhlee@cs.cornell.edu The above opinions of those of the user, and not of this machine.