The Goose has died on level 2 with 18 HP and 53 gold pieces

[TheGoose]

Seriously, I got the latest NetHack going with the 'tile' graphical version going, it is awesome. My pimples are coming back! I only eat potato chips and pepsi and I have no idea who these other people are in the house. :lol:

The one trouble I'm having is that I can't save the game. I have the NetHack: assign setup right and everything works good. When I try to save it says I don't have enough disk space (lol- several gigs) - I have 0 free bytes.

Could this be because of the partition size is too big where NetHack sits? I doesn't recognize it somehow?

Thanks for ideas.    

[Caius]

Yes, it's probably because the partition is too big. I've run across this myself several times when using older software.

[Trev]

If the software uses a signed value to store and analyze the amount of free space, it will most likely interpret values larger than 2^31 as less than zero, assuming a 32-bit word length. (This is the same 2GB barrier enforced by MS-DOS, Amiga OS, et al.)

[spihunter]

@TheGoose,

you could try a 1-2GB USB thumb drive?

[Plaz]

You're right, it's been a looooong time since I played a game like that. They have a support site with many different ports. I might have to try the windows ce version on my pocketpc when I have some down time.

http://www.nethack.org/


Plaz

[Piru]

Workaround is to add roughly 1-2GB tempfile .. then the math will fall within "free storage found" area and you're able to save.

[Amiduffer]

11 Signs You've Got an Old Computer
 
11. It has blinking lights on it (that's actual lights, not LEDs).
10. The default spell check dictionary is Olde English.
9. The noise insulation is asbestos.
8. It's too slow for the latest version of Nethack.
7. The memory is hand soldered onto the motherboard.
6. Eighty-column lines of text wrap to three lines.
5. Not even your parents want it.
4. The Smithsonian keeps calling to see if you'll donate it.
3. Green or amber are your only choices in monitors.
2. The CPU speed is measured in fractions of MHz.  
1. It's made by Commodore Business Machines.

[TheGoose]

LOL - really thanks people! I'm going to move it to the smaller partition.

Let's hope I can make it past level 2...

[spihunter]

Goodbye TheGoose..........

Knight-  Killed on level 5 by a dead Floating Eye. :lol:

[TheGoose]

How did you know I was a Knight!? Let you all know it it works after the move...

[TheGoose]

It Worked!  :-D