grx0644@uoft02.utoledo.edu (04/03/91)
I want to create a sda file and I d/l'ed arcaide from milton to help me out. Call me dumb,but I don't know how to use it. I copied all the files to a work disk and copied the sda ml file too. Anyone able to give an exam-burnout college student like me some help??? I would really like a detailed instructions....... Thanks, Tony +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Anthony Paul Schliesser GRX0644@UOFT02.UTOLEDO.EDU| |The University of Toledo GRX0644@UOFT02.BITNET | |College of Pharmacy FAC2966@UOFT01.UTOLEDO.EDU| | FAC2966@UOFT01.BITNET | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
cs4344af@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Fuzzy Fox) (04/03/91)
I never use Arc-Aid, so I wouldn't know how to create an SDA that way, but I do create them often enough. To keep things simple, do this: 1. Format a blank disk. With the DOS wedge: @N0:BLANK DISK,BD If the disk was already formatted, leave of the ",BD" part. 2. Copy the SDA ML module to the disk. There are two different kinds, one that displays a SEQ file on dissolve, another that gives a directory of the archive. I prefer the second one. 3. Rename the SDA ML module so that it has a name ending with .ARC. Using the DOS wedge: @R0:JUNK.ARC=sda-module-name (whatever it is) Make sure there are NO SPACES in the name you give it. Warning, do not use an original copy of the SDA module, because it is changed during this process. Make sure you always have a copy of the original module somewhere. 3. Copy all the files you want to archive to the blank disk you formatted. 4. Load and run ARC. 5. Insert the disk with the files to be archived, and enter the ARC command: arc/a junk * This will archive all files on the disk and add them to the JUNK.ARC file. If you didn't call the SDA ML module JUNK.ARC, put the name in place of 'junk' above. 6. This process can take a long time. Be patient. ARC is also known to crash sometimes, I don't know why. 7. When done, examine the directory for JUNK.ARC. It should be a PRG file that is less than about 200 blocks. If it is too big, it will not dissolve properly, and you must divide it into two or more sections, by starting over with fewer files on the disk. 8. Rename the JUNK.ARC file to some other name ending in .SDA, such as JUNK.SDA. It should be reading now. 9. TEST YOUR SDA!!! Format another disk, then run the JUNK.SDA file and make sure that it dissolves to the proper files. Test the files that come out and make sure they are the right ones and that they are correct. That should hopefully do it for you! -- David DeSimone, aka "Fuzzy Fox" on some networks. /!/! INET: an207@cleveland.freenet.edu / .. Q-Link: Fuzzy Fox / --* Quote: "Foxes are people too! And vice versa." / ---