EIII Start up results/stays in 'Mounting Drives'

[Schnooker]

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

[Elmbeatz]

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?

[Schnooker]

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

[M.]

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 ..

[Schnooker]

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