AS>  AS>>      I've had success with bringing up the boot option screen

AS> and just

AS>  AS>> leaving it sitting there for a few minutes while it validates,

AS> then

AS>  AS>> continue from there.

AS>

AS>  DW> That can work but I've had some really spectacular crashes (due

AS> to

AS>  DW> Emplant) that would not allow me to even get into the boot menu.

AS> Then

AS>  DW> the disk method id the only way.

AS>

AS>      Id dat right?

AS>

AS>      I had a real spectacular crash the other day - one of my HD's

AS> wasn't even recognised.

AS>

AS>      I tried a floppy boot - still nothing. I was starting to get a

AS> bit worried at that stage. But I turned the system off for 15 minutes,

AS> booted it up, and voila, all was fine.

AS>

AS>      It's happened a few times before - I can't understand why turning

AS> it off for a decent period should make a difference - unless fully

AS> discharging everything in memeory is the thing.



I've had similar experiences with my A4000/040 and the internal Seagate
HDD. I think in my case, maybe the HDD doesn't spin up fast enough, hence
the 'disk not validated' messages and sometimes the Purple WB screen. If I
turn it off for 5-10 minutes and then try again, all is fine! Weird, eh??!!
Dunno if your troubles are due to the same reason?



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