micro PDP-11 "Fatal RSTS/E system initialization error!"

From: Tom Owad <tomowad_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sun Jan 10 14:00:41 1999

I powered my micro PDP-11 up for the first time, today. Here's what
happens (please keep in mind I have no manuals or familiarity with the
PDP-11):

Memory Test
Message: "Booting from DU0"
Message: "Device XK0: does not interrupt - device disabled"
Message: "RSTS v8.0-07 Micro/RSTS (DU0) INIT v8.0-07"
"Option" prompt.

At the "Option" promt, I typed "Help", bringing up a list of options.

{To actually begin "using" the computer, am I correct in assuming I want
to select the option "Start" to start timesharing?}

At the "Option" prompt, I typed "Start".
Here's what the screen looks like, afterwards:

Option: START

Disk is being rebuilt - wait...

DU0 error UDASA P.OPCD P.STS P.BCNT P.BUFF P.BUF2
 P.LBN
               000000 000242 020006 000000 044000 000000
 000001

Unrecoverable disk error on DU0

PC=121232 PS=030341 OV=000022 M5=001600 M6=003242 SP=041274
R0=000000 R1=077777 R2=042125 R3=172150 R4=041410 R5=140026

Fatal RSTS/E system initialization error!

Option:

-------End.

Now to me, this sounds like a bad hard drive, but I'm not at all familiar
with this. If somebody could offer their opinion as to what's wrong here
(and what to do about it) I'd be most appreciative.

Thanks!

Tom Owad

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Received on Sun Jan 10 1999 - 14:00:41 GMT

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