AREV 3.12

WINNT Network using NPP

0 Problems for 3 Years

SYSTEM was rebooted around 1:45 yesterday

Everything OK

Around 2:15 PM everything froze

I couldn't even get to any "dots" on logon.

I found arevc.ini had 0 bytes.

Copied an existing arevc.ini into arev directory and was able to make progress

Here is where I am at now.

Time is becoming short, and I am becoming desperate.

Scenario 1

Using SYSPROG I am able get into AREV as follows:

H:\arev\arev.exe

When attempting to open the problem APP this way I get the following errors:

FS1003

401

FS401

W192

W551

At this point I am stuck it won't let me do anything else - I am able ctrl-break to get to debug, but am at input.char so there is nothing that I know of that I can do.

Scenario 2

Attempting to get directly to the application as follows:

H:\arev\arev.exe john /x /m 4096

I get the following:

FS1003

After I press the enter key the applicaiton goes away.

Scenario 3

I login to AREV using SYSPROG and create a new APP

I open the NEW APP and attempt to do a copytable from "bad" APP

Here is the fun part:

I get a group format error on REVMEDIA.LK (FS1003)

My 1st question ( of many! ) is as follows:

Is the easiest way to fix this to restore a backup. If so, do I lose all new tables created since last backup.

Time is becoming short, and I am becoming desperate.

Thanks in advance for any and all help.

FS401 says files are missing.

Restoring revmedia is quickest way back.

Files created since last backup are there, just in limbo.

Set-alias revboot sysprog revmedia, pdisk revmedia.txt, list revmedia f1, pdisk prn.

This will make a text file of what rev has cataloged.

from DOS Do a DIR rev*.lk /B ]files.txt

that will tell you what exists, catalged or not

bring both files into excel, you can compare them, figure out which dos files are not cataloged in revmedia.

copy a revmedia row to JUNK*GLOBAL

edit the row, have field 1 point to one of the non-cataloged files

attach JUNK

edit JUNK *, figure out what it is

copy revmedia JUNK*GLOBAL to REALFILENAME*REALACCOUNT

tedious but doable.

Hope this helps

Bob

One can download my CLEAN_ACCOUNT utility which automates the task for one from my idrive account. It's in the shared folder.

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