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Subject: Re: Rebel 9 database problem

Author: Kai Lübke

Date: 01:43:35 11/13/97

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On November 10, 1997 at 11:37:45, Ed Schröder wrote:

>>Posted by Kai Lübke on November 10, 1997 at 05:27:59:
>
>>I have the problem that Rebel 9 crashes whenever I try to load
>>the "topbase" database supplied on the Bonus CD.
>>This happens under Win95 (13 and 28 MB hash) as well as under pure DOS
>>(booted in safe mode, 60 MB hash).
>>Under Windows, Rebel simply exits to the desktop.
>>Under DOS, I get a "page fault at ..." message.
>
>I have no idea.
>
>It must be the way the database is opened. Any Rebel database is always
>opened with the "rb+" attribute. Perhaps your cdrom driver does not
>allow the "+" which allows writing.
>
>
>For the moment I would advice you to copy the database to your hard
>disk. Perhaps it's also needed to remove the 'read only' attribute.
>Example: ATTRIB -R *.*

Thank you very much for your assistance.
Indeed, the latter solution (removing the read-only status) helped.

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Shep




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