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Date: | Thu, 31 Aug 2000 22:47:22 PDT |
From: | "Gary Wong" <wonggd@attglobal.net > |
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Subject: | SCOUG-Help: TRAP0003 |
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Just out of curiousity: what is PREVIOUS.DAT, how is it generated, and how is it used? Obviously something
apparently used this file and caused Gary G's trap 3.
On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 18:32:01 PDT, Gary Granat wrote:
>On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 16:54:29 PDT, Steven Levine wrote:
>
>>Just for laughs, try renaming resource.sys. The kernel is supposed to be
>>able to cope with it not being there. Just trying to make something
>>change.
>
>Maybe it is supposed to, but it doesn't seem to work that way. Did as you
>suggested and got the following message:
>
>"The system cannot find the file 'RESOURCE.SYS'. This device driver, program,
>or data file is not located in the default path or the path specified for it in
>the CONFIG.SYS file. Install this file in the correct directory or correct the
>appropriate CONFIG.SYS file statement.
>The system is stopped. Correct the preceding error and restart the system."
>
>>>Results are attached as TPDATLST.TXT. Basically, they show that
>>>equivalent *.DAT and *.LST files are the same length. I peaked at the
>>>content of a couple of the *.DAT files, but since they are a mix of text
>>>and binary (sort of an *.INI format, as far as I can determine) there is
>>>nothing obviously wrong.
>>
>>The originals and the backups are probably the same. You could copy the
>>originals to the DFI and use COMP to do a binary compare. If they are
>>different, you could replace the orginals from the copy on the backup.
>
>Guess what! We found the problem! When I compared PREVIOUS.DAT from the
>backup with PREVIOUS.DAT in the D:\OS2\BOOT directory on the ThinkPad, the
>files didn't compare (see the attached COMPDATA.TXT file). On a whim, I
>replaced the file on the ThinkPad with the file from the backup (after
>carefully preserving everything in situ, of course) and restarted the ThinkPad.
> It booted without a problem, and I now have a running system, again!
>
>I have no idea how PREVIOUS.DAT got corrupted, but it did. And now, everything
>seems to be working just fine (keep your fingers crossed).
>
>I really appreciate all your help and suggestions and assistance! Thanks!
>
>--gary
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>ggranat@earthlink.net
>
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