thompson@skink.cis.ohio-state.edu (jeffery d thompson) (10/01/90)
My 2 month old Megafile 30 refuses to boot today and I have no idea why. When I turn on my ST(after waiting for the busy light to go out on the hard drive) it starts to boot up but then the screen flashes and it starts to reboot again, and it continues to cycle through this with no hope of stopping. What is wrong?????? How do I fix it????? Any help is greatly appreciated. Jeff
psurge@cs.utexas.edu (Troy Carpenter) (10/02/90)
In article <84220@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, thompson@skink.cis.ohio-state.edu (jeffery d thompson) writes: > > My 2 month old Megafile 30 refuses to boot today and I have > no idea why. When I turn on my ST(after waiting for the busy light to > go out on the hard drive) it starts to boot up but then the screen > flashes and it starts to reboot again, and it continues to cycle through > this with no hope of stopping. What is wrong?????? How do I fix it????? > Any help is greatly appreciated. > Jeff You probably will need to boot up with a floppy that has your HD driver on it It sounds like one of your AUTO programs or an accessory program is hanging up. This happens to me all the time. Once you have booted with the floppy (with the driver so you can access your HD!) you can disable all your suspect AUTO and/or accessory programs. The best way to prevent this in the future is to get the latest version of Superboot and install it to run first on your HD. I have it install even before the fatspeed and pinhead utilities so I can select if I want to run those (always do anyway). Superboot will allow you to "turn off" any auto and acc's before they run, so even when you are trying new setups (real easy to to with superboot) and you hit an acc that reboots the system for some reason, Superboot runs right after the reset and you can then disable the trouble acc. Troy Carpenter Department of Computer Sciences THE University of Texas, Austin psurge@cs.utexas.edu "You're so open minded that your brain leaked out" - Steve Taylor *>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The best thing in life costs exactly that <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<*