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6.2 Troubleshooting TAPEMENU Problems
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Question Box3. HELP Panel-Contains text explaining the current question in more detail.
4. Question Box - This asks the "current question," and receives the user response.
6.1 How TAPEMENU Accepts Keystrokes
TAPEMENU accepts keystrokes in two different ways, depending on the response required:
a. If the only possible responses are single keystrokes (like "YIN'), that keystroke is typed without pressing ENTER afterwards.
b. If the response can contain more than one keystroke, such as a file name or a number for record size, then the response must be followed by pressing ENTER.
NOTE
Any of the keys listed in the Current Active Keys panel can be used at any point during a response.
6.2 Troubleshooting TAPEMENU Problems
If an error occurs while using TAPEMENU, read this section for help on tracking down and solving the problem. Locate the specific error in the following sections and follow the advice gi ven for that error.
1. MESSAGE - Coul d not allocate buffer for screen.
CAUSE - Not enough free conventional DOS memory. TAPEMENU may be running from a "shell" within another program, or something else is using up conventional memory (too many device drivers, memory-resident software, system crash, etc.)
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FIX-a. Make sure sufficient conventional memory is free. TAPEMENU and the programs which it executes require about 256K free conventional memory.)
b. Do not run TAPEMENU from a "shell-to-DOS" function within another program;
c. Reboot the computer if a previous program has corrupted or not released memory.
2. MESSAGE -Coul d not execute <program-name>.
CAUSE - The indicated program could not be loaded because of insufficient free memory.
FIX - Check the previous problem for causes and solutions.
3. MESSAGE -Program file <program-name.exe> not found.
CAUSE - The indicated program could not be located because:
a. It may be on the disk but not in the right subdirectory;
b. It may be on the disk and in the right subdirectory but without the correct PATH statement;
c. It is not on the disk at all.
FIX - Verify the correct files have been copied to the correct locations on the hard drive, and that the PATH statement is correctly set up ( if needed).
4. MESSAGE -Could not open batch file I <batch-fi 1 e-name> I for writing.
CAUSES-a. An invalid path name was specified as part of the indicated batch file;
b. "lliegal" characters appear in the indicated batch file.
c. No free disk space on the drive where the batch file is to be written.
FIX-d. Verify that the indicated file name contains the path name (if any), and that all characters in the file name are legal DOS filename characters.
e. Verify you have enough space free on the disk where the batch file will be written.
5. MESSAGE -Error writing to the indicated batch file.
CAUSE - Not enough free disk space on the drive where the batch file is to be written.
FIX - Verify you have is enough free space on the disk where the batch file will be written.
6. MESSAGE -<Program-name> failed <reason>.
This message shows that an error occurred in the program which TAPEMENU executed.
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Reasons
-a. Tape drive not ready-Thetapedrivewasnotonlineandreadywhen the tape operation was started.
b. Tape error - An error occurred while accessing the tape drive.
c. Di sk error - An error occurred while reading or writing a disk file.
The most likely cause is a full disk when writing, or a floppy disk error.
d. Memory error - Not enough conventional memory for the program to allocate buffers or other work space.
e. Tape devi ce dri ver not loaded - The device driver (MCS-TAPE.SYS or ASPI4DOS.SYS) is not properly installed, or there is a problem with the MCS-l controller or SCSI host adapter.
f. Canceled - The tape program was canceled by pressing ESC.
g. Too many fil e names - (DSK2TAPE only) The limit oftotal number of disk filenames, or total length of filenames, was exceeded. (Since DSK2TAPE expands "wild-carded" filenames, this could happen if a wildcard specifier was given which matched a lot of filenames.) h. No matchi ng fil es found - (DSK2TAPE only) No files on disk
matched any of the specified names (wild-carded or not).
1. Fi 1 e exi sts - (TAPE2DSK only) The specified file to be created already exists on the disk, and the choice to overwrite existing files was not selected.
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This chapter explains how to specify tape drive(s) for TAPE2DSK, DSK2TAPE, TAPELIST, COPYTAPE, TCLONE and TAR.
If only one tape drive is attached to the computer, all Tapestar programs will use that drive. If more than one tape drive is installed, Tapestar will automatically use the first tape drive found unless a drive has been specified on the command line.
NOTE
The ''first'' tape drive in SCSI systems is the one with the lowest SCSI ID. Refer to the user's guide for your drive for instructions on hot to set the drive address or SCSI ID.
To select a tape drive other than the first tape drive if you have more than one, include the following option on the command line for all of the TAPESTAR programs listed above except COPYTAPE and TCLONE:
drive=drive-specifier COPYTAPE and TCLONE use these variations:
souree=drive-specifier,anddest=drive-specifier