Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!apple!voder!wlbr!pete From: pete@wlbr.EATON.COM (Pete Lyall) Newsgroups: comp.os.os9 Subject: Re: Hard disk startup problems Keywords: Burke, hard disk, Problems Message-ID: <23370@wlbr.EATON.COM> Date: 19 Sep 88 17:59:44 GMT References: <14395@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: pete@wlbr.eaton.com.UUCP (Pete Lyall) Distribution: na Organization: Eaton IMSD, Westlake Village, CA Lines: 15 (Tim Koonce talks about the system hanging when hard disk interface is used): Question: is the hard disk driver (and descriptor) part of your bootfile? If not, and you have loaded it, make *sure* you INIZ the hard drive before doing CHX, CHD or other related stuff. Cannot tell you why, but doing it without INIZ'ing can gum up the works. If it *is* part of your bootfile, try rearranging the bootfile. Pete -- Pete Lyall (OS9 Users Group VP)| DELPHI: OS9UGVP | Eaton Corp.(818)-706-5693 Compuserve: 76703,4230 (OS9 Sysop) OS9 (home): (805)-985-0632 (24hr./1200 baud) Internet: pete@wlbr.eaton.com UUCP: {hacgate,jplgodo,voder}!wlbr!pete