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From: beaucham@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (James Beauchamp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: my NeXT won't boot with PLI Superfloppy
Summary: my NeXT won't boot with PLI Superfloppy -- need help!
Keywords: PLI floppy superfloppy 2.8 SCSI NeXT bootfail
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Date: 19 Apr 91 23:13:50 GMT
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I received my standalone PLI Superfloppy 2.8 last week.  Following all of the
instructions in their written manual, I carefully installed the unit.  With the
unit attached to the NeXT via SCSI, the NeXT will not boot.  Although the
manual states that the NeXT will try to boot off of device 1 (the internal
hard disk), the boot-up message says it is trying for device 6 (the PLI).  I had
the UIUC campus software guru over to my lab, and he couldn't see what was 
wrong.  I called PLI and the suggestions they gave didn't do any good.  They
don't seem to know much about the NeXT.  NeXTConnection sent another unit.  It 
does the same thing, so I am stuck.  

Is there anyone who is using this unit with the NeXT who could offer any
suggestions?  Please give me your phone no. so I can call you for details.

Jim Beauchamp   j-beauchamp@uiuc.edu