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- A bug was discovered in the original release
- of RESTORE.LBR.
-
- This library now contains corrected versions of
- RESTOREI and RESTOREZ. The problem was that
- they did not correctly handle small drives,
- specifically those with DSM < 256. This value
- is typically found on SSSD floppies (and some
- 40 track DS 5-1/4" floppies) and on small to
- medium RAM disks.
-
- The symptoms of the problem are that, after
- running RESTORE, the files are all still on the
- disk, but they are only ONE allocation group
- long, no matter what the original length was.
- However, the size reported by DIR, XDIR, or CRC
- will match the length of the original file! In
- addition, if you dump out an allocation map of
- the disk after RESTOREing it, you will find the
- files listed, in the proper order, at the
- beginning of the map, then (usually, but not
- always), some ++Free++ allocation groups, then
- more pieces of the files that are listed at the
- start of the map (if they are more than one
- group long), in the same locations as before
- you RESTOREd the disk.
-
- All that is fixed now, at least on the disk
- sizes and formats I have available to test.
- Thanks to John Lorimer of Denver for reporting
- the problem, and especially for providing
- mapping info that let me track down the problem
- quickly. If anyone else has any other
- problems, particularly if your disk format is
- unusual, send bug reports to the BBS's listed
- below, or call direct.
-
- Happy RESTOREing!
-
-
- Steve Dirickson 4 February 1987
- 21145 Raintree Place NW
- Poulsbo WA 98370-9726
- Voice: 206-697-1270/9311
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