cwilson@NISC.SRI.COM (Chan Wilson) (10/30/89)
comp.sys.apple's own beh@bu-pub.bu.edu (Bruce E. Howells) writes: >In the past 3 days, I've seen 2 of my working 3.5" disks suddenly start >telling me "UNABLE TO LOAD PRODOS". Considering that I haven't had any >other problems with 3.5 disks, this is VERY distresssing... (Yes, it's the >same drive they were written on, and the drive hasn't sustained any >trauma.) All other files on the disks are ok, directory ok - they just >won't boot. > [...] >Is there something going on that I'm missing? Is my machine >underfed/overworked? Anyone? ^^^^^^^ No, I'd say you just fed it. Seems to me that 3.5" disks have a higher failure rate than 5.25", but then again, my disk mobile isn't that big... (got tired of finding nails to hang 'em on.) >Bruce Howells, beh@bu-pub.bu.edu | engnbsu@buacca (BITNet) Chan Wilson cwilson@nisc.sri.com -or- cwilson@nic.ddn.mil "Look, the SparcStation comes with 8 megs of memory, and the GS can use that much.... Hmmm..."