Date : Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:48:19 +0100
From : "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
Subject: Re: Tube File Copying
Yes, I think there is definitely a serious problem with v1.00 of
Level 4 FS which is not related to the other problem I have been
having with file sizes. I remember my previous attempt to
run L4 on my A3000 a couple of years ago but I put the problem
down to RISC OS 2 at the time. In fact, it's the same on RISC OS
3.10 on the A5000 because the machine will inexplicably go off
into its own world with the hourglass ticking away with no control
ever coming back to the user.
Could this have been written by Bill Gates??!!!
Best wishes,
Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: Rob
To: "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>,<bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:56:15 +0100
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] 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