[comp.sys.next] Is my Optical going bad ... error code 256

buc@jessica.stanford.edu (Robert Richards) (03/21/91)

When I try initialize an optical, I get an Alert saying the
initialization failed.  Is my optical drive bad?  This has happened on
more than one disk.  The drive performs other functions fine, for now.
The Alert looks as follows;

	 _______________________________________________________________
	|								|
	|		Alert						|
	|...............................................................|
	|								|
	|   Disk initialization failed, error code 256 (usr/etc/disk 	|
	|   -i -h audrey -l "OpticalDisk"/dev/rod0a)			|
	|								|
	|								|
	|						OK		|
	|								|
	|_______________________________________________________________|



Thanks for any assistance.

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        Rob Richards				
        Supercomputer & Workstation Support Staff
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	Stanford University

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