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Offline bluewater41Topic starter

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Amiga 1200 issues!!
« on: October 24, 2014, 01:33:15 AM »
Hello: i have this unsual issue I have Os 3.1 on my Amiga occasional the following files in C Dir get written over. I have protected them but sometimes i still get errors. Files are Add Datatypes,Info,Iprefs,List,Mount,version.

My question is what would cause this! Would there be a problem with Motherboard I have version 1b 1992.

I bought it used on ebay. thank you for all response appreciated!

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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Amiga 1200 issues!!
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2014, 01:37:42 AM »
When you say "get written over", are you saying they're being replaced by older versions of those files, or just becoming corrupted? Are you running any installer scripts (to install games, for example) that could be writing over those files?

You don't say if you're operating off a hard drive but I assume so. Your issue could also be caused by a failing hard drive. It happens. You can replace it with a CF card like this:

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=883

You should still check the caps on your motherboard but that's not what's causing your current problem.
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Offline bluewater41Topic starter

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Re: Amiga 1200 issues!!
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2014, 04:50:15 AM »
Yes what I mean written over they were Corrupted I have to replace files with new copies and set the Protect bits so they can't be written or Deleted. Maybe I should  been more specific. I have used various CF cards as a HD. It doesn't seem like a failing drive, it seems to occur after installing software.


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Re: Amiga 1200 issues!!
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2014, 06:54:31 AM »
Could it be a virus?
Some bad memory chips might cause that also.
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Amiga 1200 issues!!
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2014, 07:01:39 AM »
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it seems to occur after installing software.

Troubleshooting 101, retrace your steps. If the files get corrupted when you install software, it's probably the install process.  Can you break it down, exactly what you're doing to install software?

Also, are you using FFS, or some other exotic disk format like PFS or SFS?
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Offline kolla

Re: Amiga 1200 issues!!
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2014, 09:45:25 AM »
OS 3.1 and corruption of filesystem? Let me guess, your CF card is bigger than 4GB?
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Re: Amiga 1200 issues!!
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2014, 07:25:10 PM »
Iam using the installer with the newest one, Iam up to the point to suspect the motherboard. It doesn't do it when I install software when I use the Winuae. Iam using a 4gb CF/SD card I have 1 8gb cf card which i don't use much. hI again for all good advice, I have been using FFS file system
Max transfer rates I have been set at 1FE00.
Thanx again my Hd partition are all under 2gb I set DH0: around 900mb.
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Offline motrucker

Re: Amiga 1200 issues!!
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2014, 07:31:08 PM »
A very good point was brought up. How big are your CF Drives? If they are over 4Gb, that's your problem right there (unless you are using a 64 bit FFS).
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Re: Amiga 1200 issues!!
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2014, 08:08:11 PM »
What is your Max Transfer set at?
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Amiga 1200 issues!!
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2014, 08:30:02 PM »
How large are your partitions?
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Offline paul1981

Re: Amiga 1200 issues!!
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2014, 10:56:00 AM »
Quote from: bluewater41;775533
Hello: i have this unsual issue I have Os 3.1 on my Amiga occasional the following files in C Dir get written over. I have protected them but sometimes i still get errors. Files are Add Datatypes,Info,Iprefs,List,Mount,version.

My question is what would cause this! Would there be a problem with Motherboard I have version 1b 1992.

I bought it used on ebay. thank you for all response appreciated!

bluewater41

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Like others have said, your problem will either be filesystem corruption (due to incorrectly configured HDD) , or a virus.
Every amiga owner should have VirusZ installed - just to check their hard drive once in a while, or when handing new downloads / unknown disks.

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=3713

I had the Ebola virus a couple of years back (I'm a jinx) and VirusZ sorted it out.
I always use Voodoo-X to handle my archives too as it has a built in virus check (using xvslibrary) which I always select before extracting new archives as there's still files on aminet which are infected with virus's believe it or not.

http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/Voodoo-X

I got the Ebola virus from an infected MagicWB download from "Zeb's Amiga Downloads" however.
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