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Subject: Re: Help! Fritz crashes after I installed all 5 piece TBs

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 06:44:05 03/29/01

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On March 28, 2001 at 12:52:09, Ernst Walet wrote:

>On March 28, 2001 at 09:52:15, Paul wrote:
>
>>On March 28, 2001 at 08:21:35, Tore Førland wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all
>>>
>>>I just downloaded all 5 pieces from hyatts ftp-site, but when I try to get
>>>inside fritz it just crashes into. This isnt a problem with just the 4 pieces. I
>>>have also removed the extra .(dot) in the .emd files. I have tried 4096 and 8192
>>>in tbcashe. But do I need more? What are the likely problem?
>>>
>>>My system: 1ghH, 128mb ram, and 48mb hash for fritz
>>
>>And besides what Ernst just wrote, if you suspect that the tb's are corrupted,
>>you can do a 'datacomp' test to verify the integrity of the files. Datacomp is
>>one of the programs you can also download from Bob's tb dirs. The following is
>>from a conversation between Dieter Buerssner and yours truly, message 152363:
>>
>>*******************************************************************************
>>>This is the quick integrity check:
>>>
>>>datacomp t filename
>>>
>>>The filename extension has to be lowercase if I remember correctly, so
>>>a dos batch file with a 'for' loop doesn't work unfortunately.
>>
>>You are right. A simple workaround may be to type at the DOS prompt in
>>the TB directory
>>
>>for %tb in (*.emd) do echo datacomp t %tb >> checkall.bat
>>
>>and then substitute all "EMD" with "emd >> report.txt" in checkall.bat with an
>>editor, and after this run the batch. After this read report.txt.
>>*******************************************************************************

>Paul, I tried this and keep getting a syntax error.  Must the variable %tb be
>set to something?

I am sorry. I obviously posted that without checking. Instead of %tb use %t.
This time I checked, and it works here.
My DOS seems to get rusty as well.

Regards,
Dieter




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