Ross Boylan <RossBoylan at stanfordalumni.org> wrote:
> 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.

The *code modifications* you have done can easily be restored by using
change tools from another image if the changesfile is ok. Open a
filelist, select the changes file, bring up menu, do "more...", select
"browse changes".

regards, Göran