NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/sys/apple2/24387

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From: [e-mail] (Stefan Voss)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Vulcan or system software?
Date: 23 Nov 1992 13:04:21 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (I buy VW & Porsche Stuff - Mail Me) writes:
|>
|> I have a real problem. My Vulcan has gone haywire. (yeah, I know. What
|> else is new.) At least I think that it is my Vulcan. About once a month,
|> and now more and more frequently, my /system partition on my Vulcan20
|> has been totaly changing the names of files in the /system/system folder.
|> (Actually, this is just when I notice it actually...) And it all happens
|> at once too... i.e. Everything will be fine, but I'll park heads using the
|> AE utility, turn off the 'puter, come back in 4 hours, turn it on and I
|> get the following:
|> [weird directory listing deleted]

I had a similar problem with my hard disk, too. (Not a Vulcan, but a
normal external SCSI disk) It turned out that the problem was caused by
the cable connecting the hard disk to the GS. I was using a flat cable
that was too long and changing to a normal SCSI cable fixed the problem.

Though I can't imagine AE selling Vulcans with faulty cables, take a
look at the cable. Maybe it has come loose. This is the only hint
I can give.

Hope, this helps a little.

      Stefan Voss         ([e-mail])