Digital Equipment VAXstation 2000 Owner's Manual page 62

Table 2-1 (Cont.): Basic Troubleshooting
Symptom Possible Cause Suggested Solution
DISK AND DISKETTE
PROBLEMS
Software does not boot
from fbced disk drive.
Software does not boot
from diskette drive.
or
Diskette read or write er
ror message is displayed.
A problem exists with the fwed
disk.
Default boot device is set incor
rectly.
Recovery action may be set to
halt. See Setting Recovery Ac
tion.
A problem exists with the soft
ware (if installed) on the fixed
disk.
No diskette is in the diskette
drive.
Diskette was inserted incor
rectly.
Diskette is damaged or does
not contain bootable soft
ware.
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See The Fixed Disk Ver
ifier in this chapter to
run the fixed disk veri
fier.
See Self-tests, Configu
ration Display, and The
System Exerciser for
instructions on those
tests.
See Changing the De
fault Boot Device in this
chapter to set the de
fault boot device.
Refer to your soft
ware documentation for
help.
Insert a diskette with
bootable software. Use
instructions in software
documentation.
Check that the write-
protect notch on the
diskette is to your left
when you insert the
diskette and that the la
bel is up.
Try another diskette
that contains bootable
software.