Re: SRC 2643 0001

Fyi:

Last solution... a thread in midrange.com some (several) month/years 
ago, suggested to drop the disk to the floor from handheight (carpet would 
be appreciated).

It's not a joke - search midrange.com

Leif
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Carpenter" <carpcon@xxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 28. september 2005 23:40
Subject: Re: SRC 2643 0001


> 
> You might try a hardware broker or maybe ask JHHL as his D0x box
> recently died.  Assuming you can find a disk, you'll need install tapes
> or a savsys to reload from.  Old tapes can be unreliable.
> 
> Since you got a screen, you've still got the boot (lic) disk.  You may
> not need a system password to enable OS/400.
> 
> 
> Keith
> 
> 
> Rich Duzenbury wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 15:38 -0400, Harvell, Joel wrote:
> > 
> >>What version of OS400 are you on?
> >>
> > 
> > This machine is on V2R3M0, and it was originally manufactured on
> > Halloween day, 1991.
> > 
> > I've discovered it's some kind of disk problem.  I changed the key
> > setting to 'manual' and re-initiated the IPL.  The system boots to a
> > screen indicating that 'disk unit 2' is configured, but missing.
> > 
> > Both disk units are still in the machine, so I presume that unit 2 is
> > dead enough that the system cannot detect it.  I did pull the unit and
> > reseated the cables, but to no effect.
> > 
> > Hmm, where to obtain usable disks for a ~13 year old computer?