Premature end of image file
Ross Boylan
RossBoylan at stanfordalumni.org
Sat May 15 04:49:42 UTC 2004
When I try to start squeak, I get
"Read failed or premature end of image file"
Undoubtedly the cause was this sequence:
1. started session shut down
2. realizing I hadn't saved, selected save + quit on the image
3. session shut down.
Is there any chance I can recover from this? There's significant data
that were only in the image, and my most recent backup is from
slightly over a month ago.
It looks as if most of the data are actually there; the image file
that is corrupt is actually 3.5 MB bigger than my last backup, and the
changes file is a bit bigger too.
I know there are a couple of obvious lessons to be drawn from this
experience :(
Does squeak, under the hood, save to temporary files to try to prevent
this kind of problem? If not, could it be changed to do so?
But, as I said, my main question is whether there's any way to repair
the damage.
I looked for "premature end" on the swiki and list archives, but
nothing relevant showed up.
Thanks.
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