Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!markv From: markv@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: New virus? Message-ID: <27275.275e3579@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Date: 6 Dec 90 18:11:37 GMT References: <1990Nov26.215421.16919@sarah.albany.edu> <9300@latcs1.oz.au> Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services Lines: 31 >>I recently tried running BallyIII off of one of my game disks but got >>a disk validation error after inserting it. Diskdoctor found track 40 >>to be corrupt but was able to recover everything. Then I noticed that >>the name of the disk was changed to "Lazarus" ... >> ...notes about virus checking deleted... Ha ha ha ha ha, or should I say Ho ho ho ho ho? :-). The only virus that got you was Diskdoctor!!! Diskdoctor calls a fixed disk "Lazarus" when it is unable to "ressurrect" a volume name. The Volume name is stored in the root block which is on track 40 on a floppy, so Diskdoctor couldn't find a root block, no it couldn't find the original name of the disk. I had this happen to me many years ago in the early days of 1.2. I was confused, but when I found the answer I was tickled pink. Just another example of the "levity" of the amiga design team. For those of you wondering "Why Lazerus?", think... What was the name of the man Jesus resurrected from being dead? Good... An appriate though at this time of year. Good cheer :-), -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark Gooderum /\ \ | / H a p p y Academic Computing Services / v\ -- * -- H o l i d a y s ! :-) University of Kansas /v v\ / | \ /// /__v___\ Only /// /| __ _ Bitnet: MARKV@UKANVAX || \\\ /// /__| |\/| | | _ /_\ makes it Internet: markv@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu \/\/ / | | | | |__| / \ possible ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~