Error Messages At Boot Time; Drive 1 Error; Missing Configuration Data; Error Reading Boot Sector - ReActiveMicro MicroDrive Turbo Owner's Manual

Error Messages at Boot Time

To boot from the MicroDrive Turbo Card, the firmware must be able to access the
first hard disk Master connected to the card. Even if you want to boot from a volume
on the second hard disk Drive 2, the first hard disk must be powered up, must be
configured as a master drive and must have a valid setup. The current operating
parameters will always be the ones from the master Drive 1, regardless of the
volume number you may want to boot from.
If an error occurs during the very first part of the boot process, the MicroDrive Turbo
Card informs you about the error by displaying one of the following error messages
and gives you control over your computer at the Applesoft Basic prompt.

Drive 1 Error

The MicroDrive Turbo Card cannot get access to the first hard disk.
There are many reasons that may cause this error:
a) There is no hard disk connected
b) The hard disk is not powered up
c) The hard disk is jumped as a slave drive
d) Two hard disk are connected and both are set to a master drive
e) The hard disk has a defect
f) The first hard disk is not ready within 15 seconds after power up.

Missing configuration data

The MicroDrive Turbo Card cannot load a valid configuration from the first hard disk
(Master). A setup using the installation program MICRO.INSTALLER is required to
create a valid configuration. Also, the sector on the hard disk containing the
configuration data could be physically damaged.

Error reading boot sector

A read error occurred when trying to load the MicroDrive Turbo Card's private boot
sector (not the ProDOS boot sector). This is because the boot sector is damaged (bad
checksum) or has no valid code for the continuation of the boot process.
This sector is always automatically written to the hard disk when writing a
configuration file to the disk from where you started the configuration program (this
feature can be used for a Refresh if the boot sector has been destroyed occasionally).
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