BOOT-UP PROBLEMS – HELP!
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Can anyone help me solve the problem I'm having with boot-up? I have an
A-500 with a Bodega Bay unit, A-501, GVP HD+8 hard disk controller with 2
extra megs of memory and a Quantum LPS-105 hard disk.
What's happening is that when I power up (99.9% of the time), I end up with
a blank screen and a zzz pointer, instead of my hard disk and ram disk
icons. As soon as that happens, I hit CTRL-Amiga-Amiga and it reboots with
no problem. I seem to remember having read about this some time ago, but
wasn't experiencing the problem at that time, so didn't save the messages.
I also have a CBM 2286 Bridgeboard installed. Is there a problem with
conflict? Although, things were operating normally until recently. So I
doubt that that's the problem.
Any help, advice, solution would be appreciated. Thanks.
Mary in Hampton, New Brunswick, Canada where no one else I know has the
configuration I have!
– via Whap!
Mary,
My guess is that the HD isn't spinning up fast enough. Thus the
system is sitting there waiting for it to come online. You might give GVP
a call, or look thru their manual to see if there's anything about working
with drives that take a bit of time to startup from a power off state.
Don