Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!noao!ncar!unmvax!bbx!mimas!vcl From: vcl@mimas.UUCP (Victor C. Limary) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: 4dos misfeature? Message-ID: Date: 8 Mar 91 01:29:25 GMT References: <1991Mar6.192824.9889@en.ecn.purdue.edu> Organization: Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque NM Lines: 42 stevew@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Steven L Wootton) writes: > > This could be a bug in 4dos 3.02a, or I could be extraordinarily unlucky, > or I could just be stupid :-) > > I had two files in one directory, mstibm.exe and mssibm.exe. These were > two versions of MS-Kermit. I decided that I did not want mstibm (the old > version), and that I would replace it with the newer version. > > Being the unix user that I am, I executed: > > move mssibm.exe mstibm.exe > > which I thought would over-write the old mstibm with a new mstibm. Didn't > work out that way. The directory listing was lost entirely to 4dos, such > that every directory on my disk became c:\misc\*(&^%&%# with no files. > > I found that even though I couldn't see the files, they would still work > (given an explicit pathname). I tried to use Norton's QU to bring back > mssibm.exe, but it complained about a shared data space error. Since my > programs would still run, I crossed my fingers and hit the panic button. > On reboot, all was perfectly normal. > > I haven't been eager enough to attempt this experiment again, at least not > until I finish another full backup. Be wary, I suppose. I've encountered that problem two or three times in the last 4 months or so, using 4dos 3.02a. It only happens when I use the move command. It happened yesterday, when I moved files from one disk to another. When I did a DIR, I found that half the files were gone. So, I hit reset, and everything was fine again. Most of the time I get weird directory names like that one that you just mentioned. BTW: I've got a 386 with QEMM-386 installed. _______ / \ | O O | Victor Limary <| < |> mimas!vcl@bbx.basis.com | _____ | \ U / "-----"