damn checksum error on FFS partition!

[kolla]

so the new DiskDoctor with OS3.1.4 only 'examines' hard drives so what to use then on drives larger than 4GB's nowadays to try to 'repair' issues ?

SYS:System/Format - there are no tools around to "repair" a broken "modern" FFS.

DiskDoctor is not a good name, it doesn't by any means "doctor" disks, a more describing name would be "FFSDump", as that is all it does - dump the content of a broken FastFileSystem.

I wish there was ways to prevent the built in validator from starting, as it often crash for various reasons (low memory situations etc), and just allow _manual_ optimistic read-only mounting of FFS also when running AmigaOS (and not just when running NetBSD or Linux...)

[kolla]

@ kolla
ouch  so we have nice large new FFS partitions with new roms and OS3.1.4 + but no way to fix or try to repair common issues on them unless we keep them beneath the old 4GB limit

And also "no long file names".

But seriously - how often do you really need to repair filesystem on Amiga? I know that it doesn't really happen so often with my systems.

One thing I have been looking for, is a proper "shutdown" tool, that makes sure all local drives are dismounted ("BUSY") before popping up a requester with a "Reboot" button, telling me that it is now ok to power off the system.

[kolla]

HDToolBox (RDB) and Early-startup could allow setting partitions read-only, or "non-validate".

[kolla]

Always use frequent backups and distribute them for safety.
(even when it means breaking the software license that the operating system is distributed with - sigh!)

[kolla]

@olsen

Yes, sounds like a good plan