Ami-FileSafe V2.2 Pro ===================== Please read the release notes at the bottom of this file. Copyright and disclamer notice ============================== Ami-FileSafe (AFS) software and documentation is copyright Fourth Level Developments 1995, All Rights Reserved. No part of the software or the documentation my be reproduced, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language or transmitted in any form without the express written consent of Fourth Level Developments. Fourth Level Developments shall not be liable for errors contained in the software, hardware and/or documentation or for incidental or consequential damage in connection with the furnishing, performance or use of the software, hardware,firmware and/or the documentation. Fourth Level Developments reserve the right to revise and make changes to the software and/or documentation from time to time without obligation to notify any person of such changes. This software is provided as a single machine licence and one copy of the software must be purchased for every machine that the software is to control. Release notes ============= 13/Sep/95 The current revision of Ami-FileSafe is 15.9 FFS2AFS Converter ----------------- See the "FFS2AFS" file for details. MaxTransfer ----------- Due to a bug in the OS format command, we suggest that if you set your maxtransfer according to the manual, you use 0xf000 instead of 0xffff. Un-delete --------- AFS now includes an un-delete feature. Located off the root is a subdirectory called ".deldir". It stores the last 31 deleted files. To list the currently valid deleted files (from cli) type: list :.deldir You will notice the filenames have a number called a "slot number" appended after them to prevent duplicate file names. To undelete a file simply copy it from the .deldir onto another drive e.g:- copy :.deldir/NewsBatch@022 ram: Will un-delete the NewBatch@022 file and store it in ram disk. N.B. While it is possible to un-delete files onto the same volume, if you do this you may overwrite the file you are trying to un-delete. RemoveDirEntry -------------- *** WARNING *** You should not use this tool without consulting with support first. In the tools directory on your AFS install disk is a program called: RemoveDirEntry This program _forcefully_ removes a file or directory from an AFS partition. * It does _not_ free up the space allocated by the file/directory. * The file/directory will not go into the .deldir. * If you remove a directory _all_ the files in this directory and any sub-directories will be lost forever. It should only be used in the unlikely circumstance that you have a corrupted files or directory which can not be removed by any other means. The only time this tool should be of any use is: a) If there has been some physical corruption of the hard drive (Bad blocks). b) You have incorrectly set your maxtransfer or DMA Mask and in so doing caused a disk error. c) Extreme memory corruption of a file or directory header at the time you were writing to disk. When checking with technical support prior to using this tool please have the following information ready:- a) An output from "showconfig" (Type "showconfig" in any shell). b) Your current AFS version (Type version "L:HardDiskAFS" in any shell). c) Your MaxTransfer and DMA Mask setting (From HDToolBox). d) Details of your system configuration (Hardware and software). MultiUser FileSystem Support ---------------------------- An update to Ami-FileSafe which support MultiUser FileSystem is available soon. If you want to obtain this update then please contact Fourth Level Developments or your local dealer. Installation ------------ If you have an older version of HDToolBox (WB2 and older WB3.0) then when you try to add a new Ami-FileSafe partition you will find there is not a AFS\1 option. If this is the case then click on "Custom File System" and then type into the "Identifier" field "0x41465301". The rest of the installation procedure is the same. DiskSpare and MultiFileSystem ----------------------------- If you are using DiskSpare with the floppy version Ami-FileSafe then do not try to use MultiFileSystem at the same time. This problem should be cured in the next release. Softkicked machines (A3000 etc.) ------------------------------- See the SoftKick_Readme file for details. Contacts ======== Tel: 0117 955 8225 Fax: 0117 955 9157 Email: afssales@flevel.demon.co.uk Mail: Ami-FileSafe Sales/Support Fourth Level Developments 31, Ashley Hill Montpelier Bristol BS6 5JA