[NTLK] To keep or not

[Woody Smith]

I have successfully crashed both ATA and Linear flash cards.  The  
easiest way I've found is to have non backed up data on the card then  
engage in an activity that saves data to the card while at the same  
time exceeds the available heap,resulting in a system freeze or  
reset.  In my case that would be converting a large Newton book to a  
Works document.  I have had several linear flash card failures that  
required reformatting to correct.

I also corrupted a 128mb partition on and ATA card also caused I  
believe by storing non backed up data.;-)
I am currently trying 32mb ATAs with only safe data and will report  
problems if they occur.  I used SBM Utilities to make a backup of my  
"primary" linear card and restored it to a 32MB ATA card.  This is  
where I keep Packages and "safe" books and data.  A separate ATA card  
will be used for working with very large documents.

I'll let you know if I again have problems.

Woody

On Jan 15, 2010, at 6:42 PM, Tony Kan wrote:

> It's the first report that I ever seen of ATA cards losing Newton  
> information;
> has anyone else had similar experiences?
>
> I have to say that after Frank got his supply of Linear cards, my  
> ATA cards have
> been rested because back ups were so much more convenient using the  
> Linear
> driver.  However with the release of SBM utilities the thought had  
> crossed my
> mind that ATA could provide so much more storage...
>
> Warm regards
>
> Tony Kan
>
> Christchurch
> New Zealand
>