Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!cbmvax!daveh
From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Bug in DiskSalv1.3?
Message-ID: <5401@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 2 Dec 88 18:17:22 GMT
References: <7891@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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in article <7891@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, griggs@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Ted Griggs) says:
> Keywords: large files truncated

> When disksalv'ing a crashed ffs partition to another ffs partition,
> I noticed that every large file was truncated to 36864 bytes.  I believe
> "large file" in this case means any file greater than 36864 bytes, since
> smaller files restored perfectly.

The magic 36864 number is 72 * 512.  The number 72 represents the number of
data block keys in a file header, 512 of course being the length of an FFS
block.  Something in DiskSalv V1.3 causes the extension block to be missed
somehow with FFS recoveries.

> I used the recently posted disksalv1.3 from binaries.
> Does this mean its back to DiskDoctor?

No, cause fortunately, DiskSalv V1.32 should be available from binaries
soon.  This version, according to all the beta testers reporting, fixes
this bug.  I could never reproduce it myself.  There are several more
minor bugs also fixed.

> Thanks in advance for any information,

Thanks for the message, anyway.  I am interested in hearing of any 
problems in DiskSalv.

> Ted Griggs
> ucbvax!cory!griggs
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