Author: John Hatcher
Date: 07:28:07 04/12/01
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On April 12, 2001 at 10:18:26, James T. Walker wrote: >On April 12, 2001 at 09:29:54, John Hatcher wrote: > >>On April 12, 2001 at 09:17:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On April 12, 2001 at 09:05:32, John Hatcher wrote: >>> >>>>By a tedious process of elimination, I've determined that one of my 5-piece >>>>tablebase files has become corrupt. The file is "krpkr.nbb.emd" Don't know how >>>>this happened; the "krpkr" set of files used to work just fine. >>>> >>>>How do I verify the probelm, and can I fix it? I've downloaded the file >>>>tbexe.zip (which contains the files: datacomp.exe, tbcmp.exe, tbgen.exe, and >>>>tbstat.exe) However, there is no help file; no instructions on how to use these >>>>programs. >>>> >>>>By the way, I downloaded my 5-piece tablebase files from Bob Hyatt's site, so I >>>>have no tablebase CD (otherwise, I'd just reinstall the file, obviously) >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>>John >>> >>> >>>If you are sure it is corrupt, IE by using the md5sum results I have posted >>>on the ftp machine, then your best bet is to download it again... >> >>Bob, >> >>Did I use "md5sum"? No, I don't know what that is. There are no instructions >>on how to use the files in tbexe.zip. >> >>Which program do I use to test the file, and what are the command lines for it? >>That's what I don't know. >> >>By the way, my process for determining that the file "krpkr.nbb.emd" had a >>problem was that Fritz6 would abort at startup. Only by removing the >>krpkr.nbb.emd file from my tablebase directory would Fritz start up and run >>normally. [That took quite a while to figure out.] >> >>Thanks, >>John > >Hello John, >If Fritz rejects it then the only thing to do is to download it again or copy it >off a CD if you have one. I have gone through the same thing once and like you >I found it by eliminating it from Fritzs' access. Since you are sure which one >it is you just have to download it again. By the way, there is a file available >now to test the tablebases and it will tell you which one is bad so this is not >necessary now (to remove it to troubleshoot the problem). >Jim Jim, Thank you for the help. What is the file that is available now to test the tablebases? Where can I get it? Does it have instructions? Regards, John
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