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| 4965.1 | | STAR::GUINEAU | but what was the question? | Fri Aug 16 1991 09:10 | 5 |
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Try leaving the disk in the floppy drive while powering up to see if it finds
it.
john
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| 4965.2 | | POBOX::ANDREWS | I'm the NRA | Fri Aug 16 1991 10:23 | 4 |
| Try re-seating the disk drive cable. I had this happen to me when I
installed an inboard, and must not have plugged the cable in all the
way or somethin'
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| 4965.3 | Also, three-fingered pinch... | CRISTA::CAPRICCIO | Garth, take your Ritalin... | Fri Aug 16 1991 13:05 | 7 |
| � Try leaving the disk in the floppy drive while powering up to see if it finds
� it.
Alternately, do a warm reboot (Ctrl-Amiga-Amiga) after inserting the
floppy.
Pete (any more ways to skin a cat? ;^)
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| 4965.4 | I'll try these over the Weekend | BELFST::MCCLINTOCK | Peter | Fri Aug 16 1991 13:07 | 1 |
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| 4965.5 | | PAMSRC::XHOST::BARRETT | Keith Barrett; DECmessageQ Expertise Cntr | Fri Aug 16 1991 13:13 | 2 |
| Try something simple; do an INSTALL DF0: to make sure there is a boot block
on the disk.
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| 4965.6 | System doesn't go that far. | BELFST::MCCLINTOCK | Peter | Fri Aug 16 1991 13:21 | 7 |
| re .5
The amiga doesn't even spin the disk to look if there is a boot block.
Many disks that have boot blocks have already been tried so I don't
think that the problem lies here.
Peter
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| 4965.7 | Not physically connect or knackered! | FORTY2::CADWALLADER | the grownups are nearly here... | Fri Aug 16 1991 13:39 | 16 |
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It's either that the cable has become loose like was said, so that
the disk motor signals etc.. are just not getting through ... or ...
something has gone Ping! i.e. the motor is blown, the read/write
arm is disconnected somehow (depends which type of movement method
used), and it's just plain knackered. If your machine is out of
warranty then best to open it and check the cable.... if not out
of warranty you could try the favourite method of disconnecting all
things, picking the AMIGA about 6" above a flat solid surface and
dropping it. This might cause a loose connection to whap back in place.
I had to do this with an old AMIGA I had when the Agnus kept getting
loose and the machine would just give a green screen & Guru at power-up.
Up to you whether you try it though - you might knackered something
else!
- JIM CAD*
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