AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons") (02/07/89)
>Date: Thu, 2 Feb 89 15:49:00 MST >From: The Ultron <CYLau%UNCAMULT.BITNET@CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU> >Subject: Re: ShrinkIt problem >[...] Davex said that the file had a "baked bit-map" (funny Dave, >funny... :-) ) and refused to delete it... The ProDOS 8 tech ref manual describes error $5A as "Bit map disk address is impossible," which I don't think is any more enlightening than "baked bit-map." Just to be clear here, Davex isn't making the judgement about your disk being fried: Davex just makes a ProDOS DESTROY call with the pathname you specify, and it reports the error message when ProDOS returns the error code. (Well, if you try to delete a _directory_, then Davex has a lot more work to do...it has to delete the directory's contents before deleting the directory.) >The ProSel utils failed to do anything with it and Mr fixit gave me >the same errors and didn't fix it The only way I could get rid of the >"deleted" file was to copy over all the other files to another disk >and reformat the old one... Mr.Fixit wouldn't fix it? Actually I think Cat Doctor has a way to "force delete" a file that would just remove its entry from the directory; then you could use Mr.Fixit to repair the bitmap. >Chris >CYLau@UNCAMULT%UNCACDC.BITNET --David A. Lyons bitnet: awcttypa@uiamvs DAL Systems CompuServe: 72177,3233 P.O. Box 287 GEnie mail: D.LYONS2 North Liberty, IA 52317 AppleLinkPE: Dave Lyons