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From: maxc1553@ucselx.sdsu.edu (InnerTangent - human1)
Subject: Re: Error in DMS !
Message-ID: <1991Jun4.182640.22362@ucselx.sdsu.edu>
Organization: San Diego State University Computing Services
References: <91155.143448OEYO8729@TREARN.BITNET>
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1991 18:26:40 GMT

OEYO8729@TREARN.BITNET (Cem TURGAY) writes:

>Hello,

>I have a DMS version 1.02. Last week, I got some .dms files from
>ab20.larc.nasa.gov (like Budbrain demo) and I unmashed it very well.
>They work fine. (I recomend especially Budbrain)

>Yesterday, I requested some others from same site. But I can't
>unmash them ! (with DMS WRITE RAM:.....dms)
>DMS gives an error: Info header not found. Invalid DMS archive.
>                    Fatal error !
>But, but their TEST and VIEW don't give any error. Test and view say
>this is a DMS archive, info header at d659 and archive is OK !
>But WRITE option doesn't think like TEST and VIEW !
>(Names of these archs Genesis, budvscrio, crusaders.eurochart.91)

I got bdvscrio and genesis working without the above problems.  I'm using the
inituitionized DMS version 1.03 for the above.  If it doesn't work, try 1.01 or
1.03 Cli-version.  Try 'em all.

>Another point, the expanded size of each archive file more than 880K !

Yes.  dms can process non-amigados formate disks too.  Old file system limit
you 830K per disk while newer FastFileSystem gives you 880K storage.  Hecker
demos and utilities usually are in their own NOS format; unreadable by AmigaDos
but archivable.

>(compressed size over 600 K.)
>But VIEW says lo-track:0, hi-track:79 ! Can DMS expand it into one
>floppy ? Are there more than 11 sectors ?
>(notice, dms.doc says DMS doesn't process with HD.)

>Any information will be helpfull. Thanks

>Cem
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