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From: bruce@mdi386.UUCP (Bruce A. McIntyre)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: file corruption
Summary: We ran into scrambled files like this with first PS/2 version
	 of XENIX, but was given a patch from SCO to correct it.
Message-ID: <81@mdi386.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jun 89 22:44:14 GMT
References: <767@ocsmd.ocs.com>
Organization: Wells Computer Systems Corp., Levittown, Pa. 19058
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In article <767@ocsmd.ocs.com>, glenn@ocsmd.ocs.com (glenn ford) writes:
> I run an 80286 SCO Box, and was doing a DOSCP (from floppy to disk) and
> everything seemed to go O.K..  Later when trying to run certain of my
> own programs I ran into a bad file.  I did a ls -lF and the filename was
> OK, but the file size was some scrambled variable length of numbers and
> characters.  NOW, I look around some more and find some additional 20-30
> files with the same problem!  Even a directory was ruined and all
> beneath it.  I rebooted and went into single user and ran fsck, and sure
> enough it found more files which it called 'EMPTY'.  

WE ran into the same kind of thing with an early release of SCO XENIX for
the PS/2 line, and found that when printing it sometimes trashed the files,
and once lost the entire /usr directory tree.   I don't remember the exact
patch, but SCO did know about it and could help... I bet that if you have
support, they can help you...
bruce
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