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In article <1992Aug6.161805.11097@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>, sardella@strfleet.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tom Sardella) writes:
|> 
|> I'm having some problems with the University of Utah Dump program and
|> dump-bugs@jensen.utah.edu doesn't seem to be responding to my bug reports
|> (I emailed them 3 weeks ago).  Has anyone else experienced the following
|> problems and found fixes for them?
|> 
|> 
|> 1.	Crashes on a Quadra 700
|> 
|> Dump doesn't appear to run on a Quadra.  When we start the dump process
|> from the Unix machine (a Sparc), the whole process appears to hang.  We get
|> no response at all from the Sparc.  The Quadra appears to hang as well and
|> will accept no keyboard or mouse inputs.  The only way out is Control-C on
|> the Sparc and OPT-CMD-ESC on the Quadra.

I have not seen this, but then, we haven't run it on a quadra, either.

|> 2.	Can't restore large files
|> 
|> I have a problem restoring an 8 Mbyte file from backup.  A small part (355
|> bytes) of the file is restored and then I get the following error message
|> on my Mac:
|> 
|>         An error has occurred in the DUMP program: Unknown
|>         MacBackBuffer type:52656365

I haven't gotten this problem either, but I think the largest file we've backed
up is circa 3mb.

|> Also, has anyone gotten hold of the source code and made bug fixes, 
|> modifications, or enhancements to it?  It's basically a good concept, but I
|> think it needs some more work.  I'm starting to work on it myself, but I'm
|> a beginning Mac programmer.  At the very least, has anyone heard if they'll
|> be putting out a new release anytime soon?

Yep.  You can buy the source for something like $50, and it was definitely worth
it for us;  we've made extensive modifications, including a variable level debug
info, writing to a log file, etc.

The only error I have noticed is that it seems that MacDump corrupts the data
somehow;  after a restore applications will usually bomb out with system errors
(particularly bus error and odd address error) after working to some degree.  Any
one else out there see this?

-jps


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