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From: kenh@techbook.com (Ken Haynes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Hole in file?
Message-ID: <1991May31.131952.12823@techbook.com>
Date: 31 May 91 13:19:52 GMT
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In article <21731@brahms.udel.edu> sylvia@brahms.udel.edu (Sylvia M Berta) writes:
>One of our servers on campus recently developed an error which prevents
>them from successfully completing a VREPAIR, much less mounting all the
>volumes at bootup.  I have never seen this message before (HOLE IN
>FILE), but I presume from the lack of success with VREPAIR that this is
>MAJOR trouble.  We need to get things back up and running this week,
>since I will be gone for the next 2  (for CNE training 8-)...talk about
>bad timing...not to mention I was going to help them install an ARCserve
>backup system on Friday when things crashed!).  Oh well...we want to
>upgrade to 3.11 from SFT 2.15c, and they added more memory to the server
>just before I got there Friday morning.  So we have adequate memory, but
>it doesn't matter.  Any help gratefully accepted.  ...  Syl

The HOLE IN FILE error is caused by a number of things, one of which is bad
memory.  Check your memory.  It could also be caused by a trashed redir
table or a corrupted NET$OS.EXE, either one will need reinstall of the OS,
the first will need a reinit of the drive before a reinstall of the OS, and
a full restore from tape.

Ken

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