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Date:	Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:02:11 PST8
From:	Martin Rosenfeld <rosenfeldmj@comcast.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Trap in OS2DASD...?

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>>The culprit seems to be a 40GB Maxtor hard drive set as master and
>>connected to a MB IDE RAID connector set at ATA mode.
>
>
> Is this a setup that Dani506 should support? I suspect the answer might
> be yes, since the RAID functions should be hidden at the hardware level.

Supported by DANIS506 because it was running for about a year this way!
Two days ago D: suddenly got munged. I ran chkdsk which found a bunch of
errors. I suppose that was the time that the drive went south.>

>
> I'd have to guess that OS2DASD is missing a limit check. Trap 0 is divide
> by 0 which is not usually what it means. It also triggers when the
> quotient will not fit in the result register.
>
> I'll look at this later and see if the reason for the defect is obvious.

Good. I can wait.

>>Steven, I need to register the newest DFSee, but I am afraid of it.
>
>
> Fear is the mind killer. As Ray notes, one needs to be careful with all
> power tools. Asking questions before pressing keys is often a good
> approach.

OK. I will get DFSee today. And you know I can ask questions.

Martin

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