Date   : Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:56:15 +0100
From   : Rob <robert@...>
Subject: Re: Tube File Copying

At 20:57 03/09/2006, Ian Wolstenholme wrote:
>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!

I managed to get one of my old backups restored, also to an A5000 
running L4, and had exactly the same problem.

I found that doing any other access to the fileserver (e.g. looking 
at the files from another station on the network) would exacerbate 
the situation.. Even looking at the files locally on the A5000 at the 
same time would occasionally cause it to die.. I had most success by 
just having on the single machine restoring the floppies, and not 
otherwise disturbing it.

b.t.w. if anybody wants a modified version of "Getback" that can 
start at any arbitrary disc...

Rob