Date   : Sun, 03 Sep 2006 20:57:54 +0100
From   : "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
Subject: Re: Tube File Copying

This is proving to be a real headache!

XFER would have done the trick nicely, as would a little SJ utility
I found on the MDFS called "ADFSCopy" which reported a buffer of
&FF5300 so it knew how to use the co-processor RAM.

Unfortunately another persistent problem is really hampering
this operation!

I am copying the files onto the A5000 running Level 4 FS because
this machine has the only disc big enough to store all the data
and Level 4 is the only file server which can cope with files big
enough to do the job (some of them are more than 16MB).

Every time I get a certain way through the copying, the file
server inexplicably stops responding and I get either a "No
reply" error on the Master, or, if I have set the timeout to the
maximum, a "Data lost" error.  Then I access the file server
again and everything is fine as if nothing has happened!

This is version 1.00 of L4, I wonder if anybody has a later version
or whether this version is known to have this problem?

It may be that the file server can't cope with such a huge amount
of data and gets confused, in which case I am going to have
to do the big files in parts so I will be on the look out for a
"partload" utility...

Best wishes,



Ian


----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Wolstenholme
To:  <bbc-micro@...>
Sent:  Sun, 3 Sep 2006 17:21:20 +0100
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Tube File Copying

I tried Copyfiles yesterday, I can't remember now what the problem
was but I abandoned it for some reason!

At the moment I am using the XFER command in the ADT ROM which
seems to be doing the trick.  There is a lot of disc activity on the
file server which suggests to me that it has read a lot of data into
RAM and is gradually copying it across the Econet.

If that doesn't work I will have a look at Copyfiles again.

Best wishes,



Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Tomlinson
To:  bbc-micro@...
Sent:  Sun, 3 Sep 2006 16:45:25 +0100
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Tube File Copying

In article <6BF09AC717744330A5F84EF0A677931E.MAI@...>, Ian
Wolstenholme <BBCMailingList@...> writes

>Can anybody point me to a file copying utility which works across
>filing systems which will:
>
>a) work correctly across the Tube
>b) use all the available RAM in the Tube as a buffer.

Have you tried CopyFiles from the Master Welcome disc?  This is in BASIC
so should be trivial to alter to make the most use of free memory.

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