Re: //e WILL NOT BOOT. PLEASE HELP!

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Brasseaux Carl A (cab6944@ucs.usl.edu) wrote:
: My trusty //e has suddenly stopped working.  While booting up PRO-DOS I get
: the following message on the screen, then the system locks up:  
: AA02-  1=20  X=20  Y=FF  P=34  S=EF
: *

Hmmm...Your machine is crashing into the Monitor, and giving you the
standard "Ooops!  Crashed...here's the address and register contents" message.

Let me ask this...
How far does your system get?  Do you get the ProDOS welcome screen, THEN
a crash?  Do you get the crash immediately upon power-up?  If the machine
powers up, then gives you the ProDOS splash screen, then crashes, then
your problem is a corrupted startup disk.

If not...When the system crashes, is the disk drive running?

Can you get other disks to boot?  In particular, do you have a DOS 3.3
System Master?  And does it boot?

I think the odds are very good that you have a corrupted startup disk...it
DOES happen, that's why you make backup copies.  If not, then have you
tried the system self-test (SA-RESET)?  Does it come back with either
KERNEL OK or System OK?

These are just a few things to check out.  Good luck!

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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