In a message of 22 Aug 96 Carlo Pirri wrote to me:

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

     I've been using the same HD successfully as a boot for about 4-5 years
- so I don't think it's that.

     I have my suspicions about the GVP rom on my GVP Seriess II, as
sometimes the CD doesn't get recognised at bootup.


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      \X/  Arthur

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