vic@wookie.wpd.sgi.com (Victor Mitnick) (10/31/89)
Yesterday, I was copying some files from my hard disk to floppy on my 2000, and I got a read/write error on df0. This alone didn't bother me too much, but I wasn't able to get the floppy drive to work at all after that. I tried removing the floppy disk, turning the machine off, and turning it back on again, but the then I have an icon that says: "DF0: BAD" -- the machine seems to think that there's a disk in the floppy drive even when there isn't. The drive doesn't click, either, like it normally does when it's empty. Any df0: related commands I give say that there's a non-dos disk in df0:. Can anyone help my with this? Maybe I just need to open the case up, and wiggle connectors on the drive, but I thought I'd ask here first. Thanks, Vic Mitnick Silicon Graphics, Inc. vic@wookie.wpd.sgi.com
consp13@bingsune.cc.binghamton.edu (Marcus Cannava) (10/31/89)
In article <43736@sgi.sgi.com>, vic@wookie.wpd.sgi.com (Victor Mitnick) writes: > > ..I tried removing the floppy disk, turning the machine off, and turning it back > on again, but the then I have an icon that says: "DF0: BAD" -- the machine > seems to think that there's a disk in the floppy drive even when there isn't. > The drive doesn't click, either, like it normally does when it's empty. > Any df0: related commands I give say that there's a non-dos disk in df0:. > I had a similar problem with my Amiga 500, and it turned out to be a bad PAULA chip (the chip that controls the Disk I/O and various other tasks. That could be the problem.. It's a $69 chip (or should be). Ask your dealer. \marc