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From: berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Disk boot failure
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Date: 20 Jun 88 19:19:00 GMT
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Nf-From: clio.las.uiuc.edu!berger    Jun 20 14:19:00 1988


What you saw was an indication that the low level format data was
missing.  It will be very difficult to recover anything from the
disk, and impossible if you've already run the low level format
routine again.  I hope you had backups.  This could be an early
indication of a problem with the disk drive or controller, so keep
an eye on it.

			Mike Berger
			Department of Statistics 
			Science, Technology, and Society
			University of Illinois 

			berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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