Date   : Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:09:41 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: anybody use awServer?

>Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.0.20060708111758.0580fb08@...>
 
Rob <robert@...> wrote:
> It all seems to work, however restoring the backup gets me lots of
> corruption - specifically, files are truncated!  8K ROM images come
> out fine, for instance, but 16K images arrive at about 9K in
 
It's a problem with NetFS 5.78. You need NetUtils. "The NetUtils
module ensures the correct behaviour of NetFS on extending files.
Failure to use the NetUtils module may result in the loss of data.
Note that it *is* still required with RISC OS 3.11".
 
There's a copy in my minimal boot systems at
http://mdfs.net/System/Apps/
It needs to be run as a task on boot. Putting it (or a link to it)
in Boot:Choices:Boot.Tasks would do it.
 
> The backup was made using a prog called "Archive" and is restored
 
I had a look at that when I first found it and dropped it
immediately. I archive my MDFS with BBCZip:
   *Zip -adfs-$.Apps/zip -net-:Apps.$ -p Apps -r -X
though it doesn't span across disks at the moment.
 
> I've also tried Level 3 using the GoMMC as a hard disc, but the
 
My GoMMC Master has a Z80 CoPro plugged in externally and an ARM
CoPro internally. I need to get around to deciding whether to swap
the Z80 for a 6502 and play around with L3FS.
 
> John's patches don't support the OSWORD &72 command &1A - Mode sense,
> so it can't get the size of the drive.  I'll have to hack this about
 
Just enter the drive size manually.
 
> So... sorry it's a bit OT (Where else should I ask?) but has anybody
> else had any similar issues with awServer or raFS - I'm not sure
> which one is causing the problem - truncating files?
 
I've used SoftMDFS which is a modification of awServer to add MDFS
functions. I've never noticed any problems, though I've never used
it with raFS holding the exported data. I have had the exported
data in ZIP files, and that worked fine.
 
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