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# Pinball Panic Error on OS/2 LAN Manager Server

Article ID: 119726

Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft LAN Manager 2.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft LAN Manager 2.1a
- Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2a
- Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2b

This article was previously published under Q119726

## SYMPTOMS

When you reboot the system you receive this error:
The system detected internal processing error at location 01F8:0891. mfs.c:
PINBALL PANIC.
If the server is booted from HPFS Recovery, you may receive an error indicating the disk is dirty.

## CAUSE

This is almost always caused by hardware failure such as a bad hard drive, loose hard drive cabling, and so on.

## WORKAROUND

1. Reseat the connections for hard disk drives and cables.
2. Boot from the HPFS recovery disk.
3. Insert DISK 1 of the OS/2 Series LAN Manager 2.2.
4. Run CHKDSK c: /f:3 from the A: prompt.

Perform as many hardware diagnostics as possible. If the problem persists, perform an FDISK /D on the hard drive to delete the partitions (most cases of the PINBALL PANIC error require this). Reinstall OS/2 and LAN Manager and restore the server's data from tape backups.

Additional query words: 2.20a 2.20b

Keywords: KB119726