Short: Bug-fix patch for PackDev 1.9 Author: mark_k@iname.com Uploader: mark_k iname com Type: util/arc Architecture: generic PackDev Patch document 1.0 ========================== Introduction ------------ PackDev 1.9 is an excellent and versatile disk-archiving program. It is available from Aminet, as util/arc/PackDev1_9.lha PackDev can be used to archive any volume, including floppy disks, MO disks and so on. However, there is a bug in version 1.9. The Bug ------- Some original disks of mine have an invalid bitmap. These disks have been write-protected from the day I bought them, and I am not about to write-enable them to be validated. It is not possible to determine which blocks are used for an invalidated disk. Using the ALL keyword it *should* be possible to read all blocks. However, because of the bug this is not possible. The Solution ------------ The solution to this problem is to make a copy of your PackDev 1.9 executable and apply a simple patch. Use the patched executable for reading invalidated disks. Regards, -- Mark mark_k@iname.com