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Article #3506Re: "Packed file is corrupt" error and MS-DOS 5.0
From: Brad Willcott
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 14:43
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 14:43
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west@turing.toronto.edu (Tom West) writes: > I have been getting "Packed file is corrupt" errors when trying to >run certain applications after installing MS-DOS 5.0. Any idea what >might cause this? Specifically qbasic and PC-NFS telnet give this >error when I try to run them. > I assume it has to do with devicehigh, since if I don't load anything >high, the problem goes away, but I was wondering if anyone else has had >any experience with this problem. Yes, I had this same problem with certain programs that I'd compiled with MS C 6.00a, and linked with the /PACKCODE switch. You should find a fixup TSR on one of the DOS 5 diskettes. Sorry, but I don't remember its name. -- Brad Willcott, ACSnet: bxw@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz Computing Services, Internet: bxw@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au Australian Defence Force Academy, UUCP:!uunet!munnari.oz.au!ccadfa.oz!bxw Northcott Dr. Campbell ACT Australia 2600 +61 6 268 8584 +61 6 268 8150 (Fax)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rpi!batcomputer!munnari.oz.au!manuel!ccadfa!bxw From: bxw@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au (Brad Willcott) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: "Packed file is corrupt" error and MS-DOS 5.0 Message-ID: <2459@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au> Date: 25 Jun 91 14:43:15 GMT References: <1991Jun24.195425.19543@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Organization: Computer Centre, University College, UNSW, ADFA, Canberra, Australia Lines: 21