Re: SCSI Boot Error

[blackbob@news.wwa.com (Johnny B. Goode)]

In article <3hdu82$jpo@ionews.io.org>, Robert Tate <venom@grin.io.org> wrote:

>Have you tried booting from a floppy?  Or is that what you mean when you 
>say you have nothing to switch with?  Well, if you can, get/borrow/buy a 
>3.5" drive and try booting from it using a GS/OS system disk, or if you 
>have a utility like Copy II Plus, try that and see if you can catalog 
>the hard drive.  I wish I could be of more help, even though I've solved 
>most of my hard drive problems myself, I really don't know too much 
>about them.

Yes, I booted both the System 6.0.1 Disk (as per the other responder's
advice) and Copy II Plus.  I tried "Verify Disk" under Copy II Plus
and I every block has an error.  The other low level utilities
produce similar results.  Whenever these programs operate, the disk
light comes on as expected, just no data arrive.  Also, whenever
a floppy based program tries to read the disk (such as when booting
ProDOS) the light flashes a couple of times, and it hangs for a
few seconds.

Also, every few hours (?), the disk light comes on by itself and it
seems to "reset" itself; that is, it makes the same sounds it does on
power up.

I've pretty much given up on the possibility that it still works.  :)
Is there anybody who fixes these things?  How much do they cost these
days?   I paid $400 for this three years ago.  Unless I can get one
cheap or get it fixed, I'll probably just run off floppies.

Cheers, Terry Murphy