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   (ALTODOCS)SCAVENGER.TTY;7   MON 24-MAY-76 5:22PM            PAGE 1


SCAVENGER                  February 28, 1975                            1




                               SCAVENGER




A subsystem for checking and. correcting disk packs is available as
SCAVENGER.   Invoke it with no parameters and it will give you an
opportunity to (1) change disks and (2) prevent it from altering your
disk seriously (see below).
The scavenger does the following:
    1. Corrects header blocks, prompting for confirmation.
    2. Corrects check sum errors, by re-writing whatever came in,
        prompting for confirmation.
    3. Discovers all well-formed files and all free pages. Any disk
        page (except page 0) that is neither free nor part of a we11-
        formed file is considered bad.
    4. Makes the serial numbers of all well-formed files are distinct.
    5. Corrects the system's notion of what pages are free.
    6. Corrects the system's latest serial number.
    7. Corrects the directory to contain precisely the well-formed
        files. If a directory entry points into a chain of bad pages
        it attempts to salvage the file. If need be a directory is
        created from scratch.
    8. Links all bad, unsalvaged pages together as part'of the file
        Garbage.$.
    9. Describes all changes to the disk in the file ScavengerLog, even
        those which were not actually performed.
The data in bad pages is not changed so you can attempt to reconstruct
a   lost file    by suitable    operations on    Garbage.$, consulting
ScavengerLog to interpret its contents.
A hopelessly smashed disk may be put back in shape by the following:
    1. Invoke scavenger on a good disk and answer yes to "Do you want
        to change disks?"
    2. Replace the good disk with the bad one.
    3. Answer yes to "Is the new disk ready?" when the yellow ready
        light comes on.
    4. Answer yes to "May I alter your disk to corrct errors?"
When the scavenger exits your system may crash if certain files like
Executive.run were lost. You should take precautions to avoid losing
vital files (such as QUICKing your disk to another disk pack prior to
running SCAVENGER).
tL
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