[comp.sys.acorn] Archimedes Hard Disc Error Messages

mre@ukc.ac.uk (M.R.Ellis) (06/10/91)

Many thanks to all those who responded to my cry for help regarding my
dying hard disc drive.  

Thanks must go to Stuart Payne at Acorn for supplying me with a complete
list of hard disc error codes.  As others might find this information useful
or even vital,  I am posting a copy here.

Code  Error

06 unit select signal has not been returned by drive
07 write fault signal from drive
08 drive not ready
09 seek complete has not been returned
10 data error has been detected by ECC (Error Correction Code)
13 a fatal ECC error has occurred in DATA area
16 sector ID has not been found
17 an ID area that begins with an improper address mark has been detected
18 the address mark in DATA has not been detected


--
Michael Ellis,  Darwin College,  The University of Kent,  Canterbury, England.