From: cclist at sydex.com> To: cctalk at
classiccmp.org> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:40:11 -0700> Subject: Re: Extracting CDOS
and CP/M) files> > On 11 Oct 2007 at 13:51, M H Stein wrote:> > >
That's what I see: the first and third image have cross-linked files> > but the
second one looks OK; the question is whether the disks> > themselves have a problem
or whether Dave's IMD program got> > confused. The first image seems to start on
sector 2 and wrap > > around; however, the third does start on sector1 but has
errors > > nevertheless.> > (Disclaimer: I haven't looked at the third
image yet)> > But it's not TeleDisk or ImageDisk that's messed up. Note that
in > the first disk, the cross-linking/double-allocation entries are > contained in
the same physical sector. >
Hi
I wonder if the maximum cluster number is 2F. The rouge
program may have just overflowed the cluster counts.
As you've stated, I don't think programs like IMD could
do such damage.
Knowing the 2F size might help to partition the images.
Dwight
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