User guide
FS error 29
Someone has managed to create a directory called $.PASSWORDS in place of
the password file, on the Library disc. If you are not using a hard disc unit:
1.
Shut down.
2.
Put the Library disc in the righthand drive.
3.
Put the latest backup of the Library disc in the lefthand drive.
4.
Start up.
5.
Log on as SYST, select the NETMGR task and use WIPE to delete the
:ti t
le.$.PASSWORDS
directory, where
tit
le
is the title of the Library
disc. (See
Wiping files and directories,
in Chapter 3.)
6.
Use COPY to copy the $.PASSWORD file to :
title.$.PASSWORD
where
t
it
le
is the title of the Library disc. (See
Copying files and directories,
in
Chapter 3.)
7.
Shut down.
8.
Remove the backup disc.
9.
Put the Library disc back in the lefthand drive and the usual data disc in
the righthand drive.
10.
Start up again.
If you are using a hard disc:
1.
Open the access flap and insert a copy of the Library disc in one of the
floppy disc drives.
2.
Close the access flap.
3, If FileStore starts up correctly now:
Log on as SYST and select BASIC.
Type:
*ACCESS :title.$.PASSWORDS
WR/WR I
I
where
title
is the hard disc's title.
Type:
*DELETE
:title.$.PASSWORDS
1
<-1 1
This will delete the directory on the hard disc.
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Appendix 2: DEALING WITH PROBELMS