oovvoo@mixcom.UUCP (Michael W. Shawaluk) (11/12/90)
First of all, let me say that I'm not absolutely positive that the above hardware combination is the source of my problems, but I'll more completely describe my system in a moment, and hopefully someone else out there can help me (or at least point me in the proper direction): The symptom: I will be unZooing a particular file, and I will get CRC errors on a particular member (or members) of that file. If I try the same extraction command again, the same file member(s) will fail. Using ZOO 2.00 or 2.01 yields the same results. Now, if I copy the offending .ZOO file to RAM: & try it again, it works fine! It doesn't seem to matter whether the destination of the extraction is RAM: or my harddrive; I've tried both, and I still get the errors, IF the .ZOO file is on my harddrive. Now, let me outline my hardware & software setup: A relatively new 2000 (purchased just BEFORE the 3000 was announced, grrrrr... :-), with the 1 meg Agnus, 2091, Quantum 40 meg included, and a Quantum 80 meg added. I've also populated the 2091 with the extra 2 meg of RAM. No other peripherals inside the 2000. As for software, I am running 1.3.2, with the latest ARexx, ConMan, FComp, WShell. To be honest, I haven't done much about the problem, because (a) the previously described workaround had been doing the trick for me, and (b) I originally thought that I had defective .ZOO files, and re-downloading them "fixed" the problem; maybe because they went to a different part of the disk?). Upon further reflection, I am concerned that my hard disk may become corrupted (or maybe already is), although I haven't observed any other programs misbehaving in this manner. So my questions are: 1. Could this be ZOO's fault? If so, how? 2. If it's a hardware problem, what's broken? 3. If it's a software problem (other than ZOO), has anyone else seen it? Or, am I wrong on all counts, and is my system just infested by a ratwere? (sorry, my son's been playing quite a bit of nethack lately; maybe a few blessed scrolls would help :-) Thanks in advance, and please accept my apologies if this one's already been discussed before. - Mike
gsgi_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Gregory Gibson) (11/12/90)
Ok, I have a 2500/30 w/40meg quantum; flickerfixer; 2286 --
Now, if I had another external SCSI and I want it to work correctly,
i.e. not turning of reselection and whatever tricks there are - all
that I have to do is pay $20-$30 for the upgraded chip for my
A2091 controller or will it still not work quite normally - i.e.
multitask and everything.
Thanks - I appreciate the time it takes to respond.
-Greg Gibson
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