Re: HFS floppy to PRODOS FST copy corruption:need help

[Peter F Handel <handel@stolaf.edu>]

Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:
: In article <rjansen-2402971317180001@rcmc3.vub.ac.be>,
: Jansen Robert <rjansen@vnet3.vub.ac.be> wrote:

: >When copying a <archivename>.SHK file from a HFS floppy to the
: >PRODOS volume, and then trying to deshrink this SHK file on the HD
: >with GShrinkit (v1.1), GShrinkit says the archive is DAMAGED.

:    I'm not totally sure that GSHK is the most reliable indicator of
: damage...

Try using ProSel 16's "K-Compare Files" feature in the second
Utilities menu (this should work with a HFS disk).  I'd be curious to
see if the files are identical or if only one or two bytes are off.
If the latter is the case, you might have a bad ram chip - I believe
Glen Bredon mentioned in the documentation for Rx-Gs (or Gs-Rx?) that
his Rx-Gs flagged differences in the stored checksums of his files and
their actual checksums after he optimized his drive, which was caused
by a bad ram chip.  If so, try using one of theram card checkers, such
as the one that came with AppleWorks GS.

By the way, does anyone know why only the "Compare Files" feature in
ProSel 16 v8.84 doesn't support file browsing ("?" etc.) like all the
other features do?  I use it quite frequently, and having to manually
type long pathnames/filenames gets kinda annoying.


Thanks,
Pete

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