rde@ukc.ac.uk (R.D.Eager) (02/10/86)
[food for line eater]
I seem to remember some discussion about bugs in BACKUP/RESTORE on PCDOS
version 3. I looked back but can't find it. I now want to use this
version of DOS (I got it some time ago but for various reasons never
started using it). Could some kind soul please let me have a summary of
the info (if it isn't too long, it might be worth posting it anyway).
Specifically:
* What are the symptoms of the bug?
* Are there any patches etc? Do dealers have any (esp. in the UK?)
* Is it fixed in 3.10?
Thanks,
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Bob Eager
rde@ukc.UUCP
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Phone: +44 227 66822 ext 7589reintom@rocky2.UUCP (Tom Reingold) (02/13/86)
>I seem to remember some discussion about bugs in BACKUP/RESTORE on PCDOS >version 3. I looked back but can't find it. I now want to use this >version of DOS (I got it some time ago but for various reasons never >started using it). Could some kind soul please let me have a summary of >the info (if it isn't too long, it might be worth posting it anyway). The bug I have observed is that when a file on the hard disk has the read-only bit set (i.e. is marked as read-only) and backing it up causes it to span over more than one disk, the restore is corrupt. I don't know if the problem occurs in backup or restore. (Does it matter from a practical viewpoint?) The only way I have found to live with this is to simply not use the read-only bit. This is inconvenient for me because untrained people use my PC but what else can I do? I discovered the bug when part of my database was lost. I managed to fix it, but not thanks to DOS. Tom Reingold