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From: bbs00361@uafcseg.uucp (Jose Gomez)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Xenix refuses to boot
Keywords: xenix,386,refuse boot
Message-ID: <5900@uafhp.uark.edu>
Date: 29 Jan 91 17:09:23 GMT
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Organization: College of Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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After my Xenix/386 2.3.2 suffered a general panic, the system refuses to boot.

It just stops at the Z prompt.  Right after it gives me the list of interrupt
vectors in use.

I would like to copy some data off of the hard disk before reformatting.

I've tried a floppy boot sequence using the N1 disk and interrupting the installation sequence.  I've entered 'fsck /dev/root' to no avail.

How do I copy data off of a non-booting hard disk?

Please mail replies to gomez@enuxha.eas.asu.edu since this is a courtesy account.