Re: GSHK 1.1 Problems

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <andyb.833236651@vpnet>,
Andy Brobston <andyb@vpnet.chi.il.us> wrote:
>Does GSHK have any error checking whatsoever? I've had a very hard
>time getting any file that I try to run through GSHK not to crash the
>program. (Occasionally the program just gets a little white bar on the
>left side of the screen and hangs, too.)

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   Works just great here. Are you sure your copy of GSHK is fine?

>I've had a great deal of trouble with this program. It doesn't seem to
>recognize a lot of the archives that are supposed to be .SHK archives. Of
>course, the archives could simply be messed up, too. The program has crashed
>every time I've tried to decompress a .SDK archive. I have no other program
>which will decompress .SDK's, since ShrinkIt-8 doesn't (as far as I know).

   Make sure that .SHK archives are downloaded in _binary_ mode at all
stages. If you're unpacking .BSQ archives on the GS side and those
aren't recognized, then you need to make sure that the BSQ file
contains all parts (BSQ files can have multiple parts, and they don't
care if you unpack parts 1, 3 and 4-- part 2 of the .shk file will be
empty). Finally, run a disk verification program such as that included
with ProSEL-8 or -16 to make sure your HD isn't corrupting files as
you write them.

Nathan Mates


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