| From: | Jim Cadwallader |
| Date: | 14 Jul 2001 at 11:22:13 |
| Subject: | Re: Faulty adf's |
Hello Nuno
On 14-Jul-01, you wrote:
> Something is bothering me about adf files. Almost every file I download
> from Back to the Roots, when uncompacted with adf2disk, gives me read
> write errors. For example, when I tried to install Banshee to my hard
> disk, read/write errors appeared on disks 2,3 and 4, making me unable to
> finish the installation. This happened with many other games. Am I doing
> anything wrong? Anyone has the same problem? Is there a solution to this?
> This is very annoying, because I would really like to play some classic
> games on my souped-up Amiga.
You're probably using an ADF writing tool that doesn't do a Verify. Try
adf2disk with verify option, make a script icon & put that on your Amidock,
or
look at TransADF & TransADF GUI which also verifies. (Aminet)
Or maybe it's karmic payback for those thousands of unbranded disks you
bought 8^)
Regards
Jim Cad*
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