Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!helios!tamuts!n138ct From: n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu (Brent Burton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1 Subject: Re: Different boot problem... Summary: an update on the progress Keywords: 3b1 boot Message-ID: <12843@helios.TAMU.EDU> Date: 28 Feb 91 22:31:33 GMT References: <12744@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1991Feb28.020612.11229@ceilidh.beartrack.com> Sender: usenet@helios.TAMU.EDU Followup-To: comp.sys.3b1 Distribution: comp Organization: Texas A&M University Lines: 40 I've been messing with the system trying to figure out the problem and the one thing I have learned to do is disassemble the system in record time! :-) I've owned the machine two days and I bet I've opened it up more times than most of you... As far as the system problem goes, it was able to boot off the disk SOMETIMES when the disk was outside the 7300. Eventually, I decided to reformat the drive from the diagnostics menu (what could I lose?). I reformatted it OK, even installed 3.51 with no problems. The 7300 would also boot from the disk and run perfectly. I then parked the heads (after shutting the system down) and transferred the disk to the 7300 drive bay. Now it would not boot from it. Diagnostics eventually said it needed to be re-initialized, so I selected the format drive option under the menu. The drive (20M miniscribe, 612 c and 4 h) formatted OK. Now the fun begins... The next messages for me were: Error: Can't recal:response=10 Bad block table write failed. Disk needs to be re-initialized. Test: Surface Test ERROR:Can't recal:response=10 Test:Park Disk Heads ERROR:Can't recal:response=10 Then, the drive parks the heads OK. Any clues? What is a 'recal'? Could it possibly be a problem with the drive? Thanks for any comments. +----------------------+--------------------------+ | Brent P. Burton | n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu | | Texas A&M University | Computer Science/Physics | +----------------------+--------------------------+