bruce@Apple.COM (Bruce Stewart) (12/30/88)
I'd appreciate whatever help the net could provide on this one -- I'm trying to recover a xenix system that will no longer boot (panic from iinit, apparently unable to read the superblock on the root filesystem). As near as I can determine, I cannot create a bootable floppy root filesystem (unlike 386 xenix!) to get the machine to boot. The manual advises me to re-install everything (the last resort, in my opinion, since I'd like to recover as much as possible before I do this). The only other alternative I can think of is to find another 286 xenix system, remove my disk, install it in the other system, and attempt to mount it from the other root filesystem. Any other ideas? Thanks in advance --
jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) (12/30/88)
In article <23020@apple.Apple.COM> bruce@Apple.COM (Bruce Stewart) writes:
=I'd appreciate whatever help the net could provide on this one --
=
=I'm trying to recover a xenix system that will no longer boot (panic from
=iinit, apparently unable to read the superblock on the root filesystem). As
=near as I can determine, I cannot create a bootable floppy root filesystem
=(unlike 386 xenix!) to get the machine to boot. The manual advises me to
=re-install everything (the last resort, in my opinion, since I'd like to
=recover as much as possible before I do this). The only other alternative I
=can think of is to find another 286 xenix system, remove my disk, install it in
=the other system, and attempt to mount it from the other root filesystem.
=
=Any other ideas? Thanks in advance --
You can make a bootable floppy root disk for a 286 system. Your best bet is
to find another 286 with an empty drive, install xenix, make a bootable
floppy root disk, and go back to your system. You can also install your
original disk in the second system, but that is a pain in the butt.
JB
--
Jonathan Bayer ------------------------------------
Intelligent Software Products, Inc. "The time has come," the Walrus said...
19 Virginia Ave. ------------------------------------
Rockville Centre, NY 11570 (516) 766-2867