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From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hard Drive Grumbling
Message-ID: <3151@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 88 15:07:39 GMT
References: <2060@gryphon.CTS.COM> <3128@cbmvax.UUCP> <2137@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <2137@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
>In article <3128@cbmvax.UUCP> daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes:
>I write:
>>> Summary: floppies too
>>
>>> as long as we're talking about filesystem wierdnesses, heres one:
>>
>>> I have corrupted floppy. I have been able to DiskSalv the files
>>> off it, but if I try to CD to it or even DiskCopy it, the machine
>>> Guru's.
>>
>>
>>Not sure what is corrupted, but it's certainly not all that weird.  DiskSalv
>>doesn't assume any more than it has to about the state of a disk, and as
>>such isn't going to crash on anything I've seen so far in the way of disk
>>corruption.  The DOS, however, does make certain assumptions, I'm not all

>Say what ? Couldn't we like, make it an option ? Like, -s for secure,
>for those people willing to give up 35 milliseconds per disk access 
>all so it doesn't guru (which IS annoying on a multi tasking system).
>

Most of those GURUs/Software Error requesters *are* AmigaDOS
checking the validity of those lists, blocks, and variables
it considers important, and giving up if it thinks things are
too far gone.  Bringing up the Software Error requester doesn't
halt the machine...on a 2 drive system you can even save to the
other drive (after AmigaDOS checks that one, of course)

Granted, its hard to tell the difference sometimes; the Software
Error requester is a good indication that this is a controlled
crash situation, where AmigaDOS does not think its safe for you
to continue, and you should clean up and reboot.

			andy
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