Re: Broken directory
On 30 Jun, Christopher Dewhurst wrote in message <0f86116453.cri...@cdewhurst2010.btinternet.com>: > In message > Steve Fryatt wrote: > > > Probably not a good approach for the long term, as the disc map clearly > > isn't very happy. I'd endorse the advice to check/fix the disc with > > DiscKnight, before doing much else with the system. > > thanks for the tips. Running DiscKnight does indeed report errors within > !Boot.Choices.WWW.Netsurf. I think an investment in the full version may > be in order (I think the "Repair" option is disabled on the free version). > > Although RISC OS threw a wobbler in the process,renaming > Choices.WWW.Netsurf to "" seemed to work for the time being. Just be aware that if your disc map is corrupted, then you've no real idea if it's saving new or modified files over existing files that you'd quite like to keep. If DiscKnight is reporting errors, personally I would stop using the system until the map had been fixed. -- Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/
Re: Broken directory
In message Steve Fryatt wrote: > On 28 Jun, John Williams wrote in message > <53630be066joh...@ukgateway.net>: >> In article <7f76f76253.cri...@cdewhurst2010.btinternet.com>, >>Christopher Dewhurst wrote: >> >>> Not sure if this is a Netsurf or RISC OS specific thing but I noticed >>> Netsurf was reverting to default choices and losing its hotlist. I >>> looked at !Boot.Choices.WWW.Netsurf which reports "Broken directory" if >>> I try to delete or move it. >> >>> Any way out? >> >> If you can rename it to, say, "" so it gets put out of the way at the >> bottom of the filer display, you could create a new empty directory to >> populate. > Probably not a good approach for the long term, as the disc map clearly > isn't very happy. I'd endorse the advice to check/fix the disc with > DiscKnight, before doing much else with the system. thanks for the tips. Running DiscKnight does indeed report errors within !Boot.Choices.WWW.Netsurf. I think an investment in the full version may be in order (I think the "Repair" option is disabled on the free version). Although RISC OS threw a wobbler in the process,renaming Choices.WWW.Netsurf to "" seemed to work for the time being. thanks, Chris -- Christopher Dewhurst
Re: Broken directory
In article <20130629072100.gc8...@pepperfish.net>, Rob Kendrick wrote: > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 04:45:04PM +, Christopher Dewhurst wrote: > > Not sure if this is a Netsurf or RISC OS specific thing but I noticed > > Netsurf was reverting to default choices and losing its hotlist. I > > looked at !Boot.Choices.WWW.Netsurf which reports "Broken directory" > > if I try to delete or move it. > > > > Any way out? > > > > (Using NS 3.1 Dev #1264 on Raspberry Pi but I think the problem has > > been around for a week or two) > Your file system is broken. This is a RISC OS problem as FileCore is > delicate to crashes and power outages. Either rename it out of the way, > reformat/restart the whole thing, or invest in Dave Ruck's excellent > !Disknight to fix the problem. Very well worthwhile. It's only £10. http://www.armclub.org.uk/products/discknight/ Cheers, -- Chris
Re: Broken directory
On 28 Jun, John Williams wrote in message <53630be066joh...@ukgateway.net>: > In article <7f76f76253.cri...@cdewhurst2010.btinternet.com>, >Christopher Dewhurst wrote: > > > Not sure if this is a Netsurf or RISC OS specific thing but I noticed > > Netsurf was reverting to default choices and losing its hotlist. I > > looked at !Boot.Choices.WWW.Netsurf which reports "Broken directory" if > > I try to delete or move it. > > > Any way out? > > If you can rename it to, say, "" so it gets put out of the way at the > bottom of the filer display, you could create a new empty directory to > populate. Probably not a good approach for the long term, as the disc map clearly isn't very happy. I'd endorse the advice to check/fix the disc with DiscKnight, before doing much else with the system. -- Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/
Re: Broken directory
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 04:45:04PM +, Christopher Dewhurst wrote: > Not sure if this is a Netsurf or RISC OS specific thing but I noticed > Netsurf was reverting to default choices and losing its hotlist. I > looked at !Boot.Choices.WWW.Netsurf which reports "Broken directory" > if I try to delete or move it. > > Any way out? > > (Using NS 3.1 Dev #1264 on Raspberry Pi but I think the problem has > been around for a week or two) Your file system is broken. This is a RISC OS problem as FileCore is delicate to crashes and power outages. Either rename it out of the way, reformat/restart the whole thing, or invest in Dave Ruck's excellent !Disknight to fix the problem. B.
Re: Broken directory
In article <7f76f76253.cri...@cdewhurst2010.btinternet.com>, Christopher Dewhurst wrote: > Not sure if this is a Netsurf or RISC OS specific thing but I noticed > Netsurf was reverting to default choices and losing its hotlist. I > looked at !Boot.Choices.WWW.Netsurf which reports "Broken directory" > if I try to delete or move it. > Any way out? If you can rename it to, say, "" so it gets put out of the way at the bottom of the filer display, you could create a new empty directory to populate. John
Broken directory
Not sure if this is a Netsurf or RISC OS specific thing but I noticed Netsurf was reverting to default choices and losing its hotlist. I looked at !Boot.Choices.WWW.Netsurf which reports "Broken directory" if I try to delete or move it. Any way out? (Using NS 3.1 Dev #1264 on Raspberry Pi but I think the problem has been around for a week or two) thanks -- Christopher Dewhurst
