Dead MicroVAX disk

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From: Dan Barrett
Date: Thu, 03 May 1990 16:55

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	Our MicroVAX II's disk is having problems.  First, it refused
to boot because of errors in the superblock.  So, I loaded the Ultrix
boot tape and overwrote the root partition, and then attempted to reboot.

	The machine booted fine, but could not mount /dev/ra0g on /usr.
It kept saying:

	$ mount /dev/ra0g /usr
	/dev/ra0g on /usr:  Illegal argument

or something like that.

	Anyway, I suspect the disk is hosed.  What kind of replacement
disk can I use?  I assume non-DEC is a cheaper solution.

	Thanks for any advice.

                                                        Dan

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From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett)
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Subject: Dead MicroVAX disk
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Date: 3 May 90 16:55:18 GMT
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