Re: Golden Orchard v. AUGE CD

[digisoft@hypermall.com (Jim Maricondo)]

In article <3nr7ec$cc7@post.gsfc.nasa.gov>, Bill North
<north@spso.gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote:

> It would be interesting to know more about the HFS FST bug. Could
> this account for GS+'s comment on the AUGE CD about "once in a blue
> moon encountering a corrupted archive"?

There are two. 1) Trashing of the directory structure on large (>75mb?,
6000?+ files) volumes when you delete and rename files, 2) Refusing to
read files on large HFS partitions created on a Macintosh.  Instead you
get random garbage from a random sector on the disk.  NOTE however this
generall does NOT happen to random individual files.  Rather it happens to
random RANGES of files.  So in a directory files beginning with letter T
through letter Z might be affected, and the other files might be OK.

> I absolutely agree with this philosophy. On the other hand, I don't
> remember any posts saying "we have XX MB still free on GO, here's a
> catalog of what's on it, anyone want to contribute other stuff."

Point taken.  Next fall I might set up a CD-ROM ftp site where people can
contribute (and exchange) files for a new CD!  What does everyone think of
that?

> I just see all the stuff I've archived on Syquests and (dying)
> floppies that are not on either the AUGE and GO, and wish I had
> a safe copy on CD.

That was one of the exact reasons why I was motivated to start GO.  If we
set up a FTP site next Fall, you could upload all your archived files and
they could be preserved :)

Regards,

 <<Jim
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