Re: ProDOS Error $5A "Baked bit-map"

[Chet Gerhardt <transit@wco.com>]

Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:
: John David Duncan (jdd@efn.org) wrote:
: : I have a Laser 128 and RamFast.  Today, I discovered that one of my
: : Appleworks files had been overwritten by nulls (Appleworks actually
: : crashed trying to load it in).  Luckily, I have a backup copy of that
: : file.

: : Using Davex, I decided to delete the bad file and rename the backup.  When
: : I tried this, though, I got prodos error $5A -- "baked bit-map" as the
: : friendly davex error table says.  I then tested this hard drive with Mr.
: : Fixit, but didn't see any terrible-looking errors.

: : Any insight into what this error message means and what I can do about it?

: Don't have my error chart to double check the error code, but sounds like the
: error called "bit map disk address is impossible" in Apple's documentation.
: That means there's a bit set in the bit map which corresponds to a nonexistent
: block on that volume. You could take a block editor and write zeroes to the 
: upper bit map blocks on the volume to cure it.
: --
: Randy Shackelford
: shack@southwind.net


Sounds like a job for Prosel.....

Chet