Re: [NTLK] NCU problem still on

From: Laurent Daudelin (nemesys_at_cox.rr.com)
Date: Mon Dec 17 2001 - 03:52:44 EST

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on 16/12/01 23:30, peter brigg at pbrigg_at_uoguelph.ca wrote:

> I can completely back up my 2100 to my Ti (via a USB-serial box) and I
> can back up the names and notes effortlessly to my Power Computing 150.
> But I cannot, after much fiddling, get the 150 to receive the dates from
> the 2100. It crashes with the message
>
> " Unrecoverable error accessing system file. Product may need to be
> reinstalled"
>
> Which system, which product, I ask?
>
> I did, in fact, reinstall NCU 1.0 by installing the beta (from
> floppies,yet) and using the upgrade CD on it. No go either. I also
> trashed the NCU prefs. No go. And I used a fresh blank Organiser 2.0
> file as a target. Names and Notes hit that target, but not dates.
>
> I have also pruned Dates a good deal, getting rid of some repeating
> events up to 2009 (it takes a while). If the Dates file on the 2100 is
> corrupt it could be that these repeaters don't show as repeaters and
> must be singly deleted. Most of them are now gone.
>
> Any tricks of the trade will be welcomed.

Are you also performing the backup on your 150 through serial? Did you try
booting the 150 with a minimum set of extensions? Could you refresh my
memory as what kind of machine is the Power Computing 150 (RAM, CPU, etc.)?

-Laurent.

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