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Cosmic rays, maybe not.  Perhaps they took the disk drive through the airport
metal detectors.  :)

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP
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-----Original Message-----
From:   F. Alfredo Rego [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Tuesday, 09 November, 1999 4:30 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: Turbo Image Root File Corruption - Help!

James Clark <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Did you restore this database and or root file from an old tape? Is someone
>DSCOPYing only the root file, or any DB file? Is the creation date of the
>root match, close approximation to the root, the other DB files? From the
>ROBELLE error it seems that the version stamp within the root does not match
>the version of image intrinsics cleared to operate on it.

Good questions.  The IMAGE error message, although correct, leaves room for
wondering:

TURBOIMAGE ERROR AT $000c86a4; RETURN STATUS = -91
DBINFO, MODE 451, ON MGR OF COMPDB
ROOT FILE (DATABASE) NOT COMPATIBLE WITH CURRENT TURBOIMAGE INTRINSICS

Seeing this message, one may reasonably wonder whether the root file might be
consistent with ANOTHER ("non-current") TurboIMAGE intrinsics.  If so, having
restored the database from an old tape might make sense.  Fortunately, the
Adager error message provides a very precise piece of information: The ACTUAL
value of the root level.  So:


>Adager Error:
>
>CHOICE-989:ADAGER
>
>   Adager: The Adapter/Manager for IMAGE/SQL Databases   Copyright 1978-1998
>
>   Adager Corporation  Sun Valley, Idaho 83353-3000 USA    +1 (208) 726-9100
>
>   Fax +1 (208) 726-8191         [log in to unmask]           www.adager.com


>Non-supported root level:  0 (%000000)

Root level zero (i.e., ALL bits off) is not consistent with ANY IMAGE version.
 So, (at least) this value in the root file has certainly been corrupted and
this particular root file could not have worked under ANY circumstances.

The Adager support folks are in contact with Dave Geis and, once we figure out
what the fundamental cause of the problem is, we'll be delighted to share our
findings with HP3000-L.

Cosmic rays, anyone?


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