Conference hydra::amiga_v1

    
    .DMS <==> DiskMasher files.
    
    This is a whole disk archieved by the program DMS.
    
    I think the program to read/write/view these files is on EOT somewhere.
    Look for a file called DMS10???.lzh
    
    Shaun.
    
    

    Thanks, Shaun.
    

Check note 4952.all for more information on DMS format.

    Thought I'd continue with the .dms discussion here - makes it easier
to find!

    I've downloaded the dms version 3 archive, unpacked it, and attempted
to run v3, but I get an error message something like "Can't link...".
(I should have written it down :-(. So I then tried the version 02 dms,
which did unpack the alphaomega.dms file, without errors, but the floppy
created didn't boot. I also tried it on St-anim, with similar results.
*sigh* I'm using zmodem to a PC here at work, then MSH at home. This seems
to work fairly well, at least with .lzh archives...

   Has anyone else successfully used the dms-1_03.lzh from eot::amiga:[upload}?


				Rob-who-definitely-wants-some-brain-candy!

    I too have had problems with "DMS-1_03.lzh"...  The CHECK-DMS.c text
    file unpacks ok, but the DMS-1_03 executable produces the error
    "not an executable file...." on my 3000....
    
    DMS102.lzh unpacks ok but doesnt seem to know how to handle all the
    demos....
    
    sniffle...sigh...
    
    

    Can anybody recommend a preferable disk-packer?
    
    I too have had problems with just about nothing working when using DMS,
    I attributed it to the PeeSea I was using but maybe it was DMS, since
    it seems I was not the only one having problems.
    
    In fact I don't remember ever using DMS and *not* getting a checksum or
    header error -regardless of whether the disk worked or not!
    
    								- JIM CAD*

    I'll upload my version of DMS. I've got something called "Deluxe DMS"
    which has a menu front end. If I remember, I'll upload it tonight.
    
    Cheers,
    
    
    				Jamie.

I have also had many problems with DMS files. Many don't even unpack, and some
that do, subsequently dont work. I never had any problems with LHWARP, and
though I have not used it much, ZOOM seems to work quite well. I think that
DMS is very buggy. I know v1.02 will not write to anything but DF0:!

I was the one who upload 1.03 to EOT:. I got it from AB20 and uploaded it
to EOT before checking it out. I cannot get it to work either, complains
about "not an executable file", so I assume that the upload to AB20 was
bad. Does anyone else have a working copy of 1.03 that they could upload
to EOT?

The one thing that I like about ZOOM over any of the other whole disk
archivers is that it gives you a verify option. I think that this a
necessity when dealing with floppies.

Frank

    As I've already said, I'll upload my DMS program to here tomorrow.
    It works.
    
    DMS also has a TEST function to check that a DMS archive is ok, so I
    guess that is equivalent to the verify in LHWARP ?
    
    Unless there has been a very recent update of ZOOM, it is extremely
    bug ridden. I have a field test version of the latest which seems to
    be robust to the point where I have not had a problem with it. But as
    I say, I'm not sure that it's publicly available yet.
    
    Cheers,
    
    				Jamie.

I have uploaded a newer version of ZOOM (V4.2) from ab20 to EOT. There is a
readme there as well. This one claims to have fixed many of the problems with
zoom. Zoom does at least have an Intuition interface.

Frank

    I've copied DMS.LHW to EOT. It's got DELUXE DMS on it. It seems ok to
    me. Let me know if anyone has any problems with it.
    
    Cheers,
    
    				Jamie.

>    I've copied DMS.LHW to EOT. It's got DELUXE DMS on it. It seems ok to
>    me. Let me know if anyone has any problems with it.
    

     Thanks! But I'm still having problems - this time, with LHWARP.
     Using version 2.03(?), it gives me "Can't allocate track.disk
     buffer". I tried booting in 68000 mode, increasing the stack
     size upto 1 meg, but still no joy. *sigh* I also downloaded
     the version in eot::amiga:[amiga.utilities], but that was
     an old one (1.x). Any more hints?? 

							Rob

Is there any reason Deluxe DMS must be an LHwarp floppy?  Does it have a special 
boot block?  I really hate utilities that will only run from a floppy.  Demos 
are ok but utilities belong on a HD.

Any chance of re-posting Deluxe DMS in LZH, ZOO or ARC format?

Thanks,

...Ed

    OK. I'll upload it again in zoo format on Monday.

I'm looking for a "disk" cruncher which will work on a RAD: device larger
than a floppy.  I looked at both DMS and ZOOM, but they are both restricted
to floppy sized things.

What I am trying to do is create a single boot disk which creates a
somewhat larger RAD: system disk.  I intend this to be a system to be used
to recover from possible hard disk failures (knock on wood), or when there
is some reason to want to avoid the disk.  I find that a single disk
doesn't hold enough to be useful, but figure I should be able to get 1.5-2
times that much in RAD off a single compressed disk.

I can do this using LHARC, but it is quite slow.

Are there any variants of LHWARP, DMS, ZOOM which can handle larger
devices?

	Paul