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Title: EIII Start up results/stays in 'Mounting Drives' Post by: Schnooker on February 15, 2014, 09:17:31 PM Hi everyone!
Thank goodness for this site. I have a problem! I have a beautiful condition E3 model 6081 (w/8MB upgrade!) running the latest/last Firmware v2.00 and Software v2.42. Recently, every time I've turned the machine on, it goes through start-up and is fine 'loading system' and then hangs - forever on 'mounting drives'. I'm meant to be shipping this to France on Monday and all of a sudden, I have a terrible feeling something's wrong with the HD. Could anyone suggest some help, please. All the best, Stephen Title: Re: EIII Start up results/stays in 'Mounting Drives' Post by: Elmbeatz on February 17, 2014, 02:54:04 AM try to play a little with the SCSI ID Sequence (but write down the order as it is right now, before you start).
greetz, Elm. P.S.: From what I understand, you boot from HD, don't you? Title: Re: EIII Start up results/stays in 'Mounting Drives' Post by: Schnooker on February 17, 2014, 04:21:10 PM Hi.
I actually think it's the OS on a corrupted floppy. I tried many times over the weekend to make a new floppy with OmniFlop but every time it kept erroring the disk. Does one absolutely have to use Double Density disks while proceeding with this operation? Stephen Title: Re: EIII Start up results/stays in 'Mounting Drives' Post by: M. on February 24, 2014, 05:32:16 PM Yes, you have to use DSDD like these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-pack-3-5-DS-DD-Floppy-Disk-720K-Clear-Case-DSDD-IBM-Format-All-New-/321121402545?pt=US_Other_Pro_Audio&hash=item4ac453beb1
When I created my OS disks I used 10 floppy disk of which only 3 worked. Maybe you should try other disks too. Don't send it to France, I'm pretty sure that there's only a minor issue .. Title: Re: EIII Start up results/stays in 'Mounting Drives' Post by: Schnooker on February 25, 2014, 07:53:00 PM Hi, M.
Thank you. I'm currently arranging the E3 to be sent to get serviced and will purchase these for it's return. Thanks again. Stephen |