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Troubleshooting the installation

System does not boot from the hard disk

If the system does not boot from the hard disk as described near the end of the installation procedure, you may see an error message, possibly like this one:

PANIC: iinit

This generally happens if the boot block was written on a bad track. Whatever the reason for this problem, you must reinstall your SCO OpenServer system software.

Scan for bad blocks during the installation by pressing <Space> at Hard disk setup on the Preparing your disk and choosing software window, pressing <Space> again at Disk 0 bad block type or Disk 0 bad track type (which option is displayed depends on the disk type), then selecting an option.

If, after reinstalling, the operating system still does not boot, run the hardware diagnostics that came with your computer and hard disk (if any).


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SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003