Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site rruxc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxv!rruxa!rruxo!rruxu!rruxc!alex From: alex@rruxc.UUCP (A DeSimone) Newsgroups: net.micro.att Subject: Help! Can't boot unixpc from HD Message-ID: <111@rruxc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 13:22:37 EDT Article-I.D.: rruxc.111 Posted: Mon Sep 30 13:22:37 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Oct-85 01:22:16 EDT Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ Lines: 31 <> Help! I tried to boot up my unixpc (PC 7300) last night and ran into a real brick wall -> if anyone can help out, I'd greatly appreciate it. The problem is, I can't get the machine to boot from the hard disk any more. When I power up (or reset) the first strange thing I notice is that instead of getting four or five little bars in the upper left corner of the screen as I'm used to, I only get one. I'm sure this means something but I don't know what. Then I get the usual "banner" screen and the machine searches for a floppy and when it finds none, searches the hard disk. At this point, I get the error message: retrying transfer, block=39200 It repeats at least a dozen times and then I get: unrecoverable read error or something like that and it just sits there. I can boot from floppy using the system software disks just fine. Problem is, once I've got the floppy system up, I don't know what I can do to try and fix the problem. I tried to "mount" the hard disk but that didn't work. A search through the documentation gave no help. I don't have the "Service Manual" and I imagine that's probably where they talk about this kind of stuff. It seems to me like there's a bad block in the "boot" portion of the hard disk. Anyway, I ran diagnostics against the hard disk and got no errors. I don't *want* to re-initialize my hard disk and start from scratch unless absolutely necessary (especially since this might not work either). Any suggestions as to the problem and/or a solution? I've had the machine since May and this is my first significant problem with it. Please reply via email and I'll summarize to the net if appropriate. Thanks much. ->Alex DeSimone, Amala Consultants Inc. @ Bell Communications Research ->..!{ihnp4,allegra}!rruxc!alex "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."