Hi,
last week, my PDP11/23+ was rebuilt into a new chassis (went from OEM 19"
box to a proper 11/23+ chassis), and after the rebuild failed to work :(
My first suspect was the new chassis, so it went back into the old box -
still no boot.
After trying each of the RL02s in turn, and even a different controller, I
still couldn't get the machine to boot.
After a little head scratching, I tried an alternate disk pack (still RT11),
and the machine booted.
After rebuilding the machine back into its new box, it all worked. A little
more investigation shows that I can still read the faulty pack (installed in
the second drive), but that the boot information is either corrupt or gone.
Now for the question: can I restore the boot information, or will I have to
re-initialise the pack and start again? (not a problem - it was my games
pack with the extended monitor, but I can restore it from a backup, if
needed).
I will take all of the comments of "idiot" with good grace.......
Thanks
Jim.
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