Re: @#$!!! Now my Vulcan won't boot!

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Dave Althoff Jr writes ...
> 
> I knew I should not have come back to c.s.a2...all the time I was gone, my
> computers performed flawlessly.  Now I'm having trouble with the //e.
> 
 ....

> 
> The other night, I did something stupid.  I was copying files (amusement
> park trip reports) into an archive directory on the //e, using Copy ][+.
> I was copying the files into...
> 
> /RAVEN/COASTER/REPORTS/R1999/
> 
> ...and all was good so long as I was copying files such as "USCP01".
> 
> Then I got to my vacation stories.  These I made the mistake of trying to
> put into...
> 
> /RAVEN/COASTER/REPORTS/R1999/PNWTRIP/
> 
> All went well with the first few files, then Copy ][+ just died.  8-(
>

     What version of Copy II+ are you using?



> I restarted the system and ran C][+ again.  This time, it couldn't even
> read that directory.
> 
> I tried running the ProDOS Filer.  It couldn't do anything with that
> directory either.
> 
> I was able to list the offending directory, but all the file names and
> file types were messed up.
> 
> I ran ProSel on it, and it seemed to work.  Okay, so it "fixed" all the
> file creation dates from 2000 (grrr...) but it fixed the directory and
> made it so that C][+ could delete the files and delete the offending
> directory.  I copied the files into...
> 
> /RAVEN/COASTER/REPORTS/PNWTRIP99/
> 
> and the system seemed to be happy.
> 
> Trouble is, now, while the directories are OK, the files are OK, but the
> disk won't boot.  I can boot from a floppy (I was using the Vulcan
> utilities disk) and then run /RAVEN/PRODOS and the system comes up, but I
> can't get the system to boot by itself.
> 
> Any suggestions for how I might fix the boot sector on this drive without
> trouncing the rest of the contents?
 ....

     If blocks 0 and 1 are messed up, you may be able to replace them with
blocks 0 and 1 from a good bootable hard disk or 3.5" diskette. ProSel's
BlockWarden (or maybe it will be called "Zap" in your version of ProSel)
utility lets you load in a block from one disk and copy it to another disk.



Rubywand