on 10/31/01 5:18 AM, Paul Guyot at pguyot_at_kallisys.net wrote:
>> Error -10606 is in the "Card Store Errors" and is "Object not found". I =
have
>> no idea of what that means. Maybe Paul Guyot, who did work in the storag=
e
>> area, will have more substantial information to add...
>=20
> If you can see such an error, it means that the structure of the
> object store the Newton is accessing (either the card or the internal
> store) is incoherent with what the system expects from the content of
> it. To put it in other words, an object refers to another objects
> because it has the ID of it in its data and this other object cannot
> be found.
>=20
> This can have plenty of causes, from dead flash technology to bug in
> the system (I don't really believe in this, but it may happen with
> ATA Support of course), an error when writing or reading, etc.
>=20
> There is only one cure provided that the memory isn't physically
> damaged, the well known backup/wipe/restore cycle. Note: if memory is
> physically damaged, you might not notice it immediatly after the
> restoration. Second note: full backup may fail, but you can select
> things to backup. Third note: if backup is successful, restoring will
> definitely not introduce such incoherencies. However, an incoherency
> in data on the Newton may lead to incoherent data in the backup, but
> this doesn't lead to such errors.
>=20
> Paul
Merci pour le pr=E9cisions, Paul. Je savais que je pouvais compter sur toi!
-Laurent.
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