NOTE
Some
of
these devices, namely
the
HP
7906/20/25, may
not
meet
EMI
requirements when used
with
Series 300 computers,
but
their
support
in
the
drivers comes inexpensively with
other
discs
that
are supported.
For all devices
there
are seven generic
error
messages
that
can
be
displayed:
Message
No
Device
No
Medium
Not
Ready
Read
Error
Bad
Hardware
Bad
State
Bus
Error
Meaning
Communication was lost with
the
device.
There
was no media (e.g. floppy disc) present.
The
device was
not
ready.
An
error
occurred while reading from
the
device.
A hardware fault occurred.
The
device
is
in
an
unknown
or
unexpected
error
state.
A bus
error
occurred
during
a memory
transfer
If
the
error
terminates
the
actual
load
of
an
OS,
it
will
appear
in
the
next
to
the
bottom
line
of
the
display followed by
the
device mass storage specifier (e.g. : HP7908.
803.
0).
If
the
error
occurs
during
scanning for OSs,
it
will
not
terminate
the
scan. In
this
case
the
error(s) will
be
listed on
the
left
hand
side of
the
display. Figure 4-7 is
an
example display
with
several errors:
100
Boot
Rom Functions
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