This problem occurs when using SMARTDRV.EXE (with write caching enabled) from MSDOS 6.22 with FreeDOS. Replacing either avoids the problem.
I haven't pinned it down yet but the problem seems to occur with more than just one pgm. I've seen it when installing UKA17X2 (i.e. UKA_PPP), A189GPLL (Arachne 1.89), and when extracting ARJ archives containing several dozen files (particularly if they contain subdirectories). The common thread seems to be that these pgms all create multiple sectors worth of subdirectory entries relatively quickly. At some point when all those directory entries are being written, one of the subdirectory sectors (never the first sector of the directory) gets garbage written to it. Yet the sectors before and after that one contain normal directory entries. I'd seen this symptom with B9SR2 too but didn't bother tracking it down. This time I was using the 2037 kernel that Blair uploaded yesterday and the 2.25/3.25 EMM386/HIMEM that Michael uploaded yesterday. Removing SMARTDRV prevents the problem. Maybe disabling write-caching would too but I haven't tested that. But in looking at the garbage directory sectors today, I get the feeling that this has something to do with LFN support. But that's only a guess and it may be completely wrong. Sorry I can't pin it down better than that right now. If I do later, I'll post more. -Eddie ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
