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COMMON PROBLEMS
(Updated 12/24/93)
CD-ROM DRIVER SOFTWARE
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I have tested a number of different CD-ROM driver packages and have found
problems with most of them except for the Xetec driver, the Z3-Fastlane
driver, and the very latest ASIMware Innovations driver. Usually the
problems involve opening or reading files that have international charac-
ters in their names, or have embedded semicolon characters. However don't
panic, this typically involves only a couple dozen files out of the 40,000+
files on this CD-ROM.
To see if your driver is capable of correctly reading every file on this
CD-ROM, run the following test, which may take between 2 and 24 hours
depending upon what software you are using, the speed of your drive, what
controller card you have, what CD-ROM drive you have, etc, etc. Be sure
that you have either run the CD startup sequence as described in
README-FIRST or else have arranged for brik to be in your path and for
ixemul.library to be found in your LIBS: directory.
cd FreshFish-Dec93:
stack 100000
brik -Cb <CrcList or brik -Cb <crclist >ram:logfile
The test should run with no output to either the screen or the logfile, as
the case may be. If brik fails to find or correctly read any file on the
CD-ROM, it will generate a line of output giving the file name and an
appropriate error message. If you do get errors, I suggest sending the
list of files that have problems to the supplier of your CD-ROM software,
and inquire about an update.
REPORTING PROBLEMS
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If you have problems running some program on this disk, or find bugs in a
program, you should report these problems to the author of the program, not
to me. I likely will not be able to help you and dealing with such problem
reports takes time away from other projects, like getting the next disk
out. Also, I generally have no more additional contact information for
authors than what is already provided on the CD-ROM, so please don't send
reports to me asking me to "pass them on" to the author.
About the only exception to this is problems with the GNU utilities.
Problems that appear to be Amiga specific should be reported to me. Other
problems, particularly if you can duplicate them on a UNIX system running
the same version of the GNU software without any Amiga specific patches,
should be reported to the FSF.
In summary, please only report problems to me when it seems like I'm the
most obvious person to deal with them. The address for reporting problems
to me is:
Amiga Library Services
610 N. Alma School Road, Suite 18
Chandler, AZ 85224-3687
U.S.A.
You can also FAX them to me at (602) 917-0917.
READING THIS CD-ROM ON OTHER SYSTEMS
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I have had mixed reports of success or problems with attempting to read
this CD-ROM on other systems, such as UNIX systems or systems running
MS-DOS. If you are using such systems and can try to read this CD-ROM on
them, I would be interested in receiving back reports of your results.
Note that positive reports like "everything was fine" are just as important
as negative reports like "nothing worked". Otherwise the only time I hear
about the results is when people have problems. The best way to report
these results is to send me a FAX, describing your hardware and software
configuration, any problems you encountered, and what if anything, you were
able to do to overcome the problems. Thanks!