Re: 600X HD Gone South - Thanks!

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From: STeve Andre' (andres_at_msu.edu)
Date: Sun Oct 08 2000 - 01:17:39 EDT


I understand. Thats the creepy part, when a disk fails for no good reason,
stays dead for a while and then comes baaaack. Eeeww.

Well, don't ever sucumb to the temptation to use it again! ;-)

--STeve Andre'

At 12:02 AM 10/8/00 -0500, Rob Bell wrote:
>"STeve Andre'" <andres_at_msu.edu> wrote:
> > You didn't tell us what magic incantation worked! What was it?
> >
> > --STeve Andre'
>
>Nothing magic... and nothing that really worked. I wasn't able to boot with
>the bad drive in the 600X because of the variety and volume of files that need
>to load during boot, but I could put it in the 770 UltraBay and access minor
>parts of it. I got off some files but can't access others. So, it's still
>hosed, but I'm not missing anything critical. Just hate to have to waste the
>time building a new system from scratch, especially when I'm in crunch mode on
>my current project and don't have much free time to play with it.
>
>I will try some of the other ideas to see if I can get further.
>
>Rob


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