A file that
is
necessary to complete the start up process
could not be read. nnnnnnn
is
the file name.
It
must be
reloaded from the distribution diskette. Notify your
technical coordinator or refer to the procedures in
Chapter 2 (or Chapter 3 if you have recently
reconfigured your system).
Processing Failures
During processing,
VM/PC
can detect and report many
types of hardware and software failures which prevent it
from continuing. These messages and the recommended
recovery actions are described in Chapter 8,
"VM/PC
Messages" on page 8-1 of this book.
System Error Conditions
System error conditions are errors caused by external
conditions which
mayor
may not be detected by the IBM
Personal Computer
XT/370
or
VM/PC.
They can occur at
any time during normal processing.
Error Messages
During processing
on
the Local 3277 Session, error messages
may
be
displayed to you. Most of these messages will be easy
to understand and you should be able to continue with no
trouble.
If
any message does not make sense to you, refer to
Chapter 8,
"VM/PC
Messages" on page 8-1 for a
description
of
what happened
to
cause the message.
System Unavailable
During processing
on
the Local or Remote sessions, the X
indicator on the 25th line is
on
whenever contact
is
lost with
the computer with which you are in session. This indicator,
System Unavailable, comes
on
whenever the
ENTER
key
is
pressed but should be turned off in 1 to 3 seconds.
If
the indicator remains on for
an
unusually long period of
time you can assume something has gone wrong. The action
you should take depends
on
the type of session:
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