Ok, assuming that there are some number of hackers who are likely to do something they don't understand, and who don't make backups, then there's one more thought that Jim mentioned: Well, since the block has a magic sequence, any block will work. > This goes for data tacked to the end of an image file, as well. So we can have our cake and eat it, too. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 4:27 PM, A. Fachat <afachat@gmx.de> wrote: > I completely agree with Spiro. A disk image is an archive format and > should not be modified from the original. I'd rather add something at the > end instead. > > Broken BAM or Dir sectors due to overwritten data might wreak more havok > with tools that do not know them than ignoring extra data at the end of file > > André > > > Am 28. Januar 2014 20:47:42 schrieb Spiro Trikaliotis < > ml-cbmhackers@trikaliotis.net>: > > > Hello, >> >> * On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 07:59:10AM +0100 Groepaz wrote: >> >> > the major problem with that approach is that it doesnt work on disks >> that are completely filled with data (which isnt really unlikely, lots of >> cracks and demos use the dirtrack for files, for example) - which rules it >> out as a generic solution. >> >> I think another big advantage is that it modifies the data contents >> themselves. This is something I personally do not want to have. For me, >> one use of a disk image is to preserve data that was once on a real >> disk. Here, changing the disk data that should be preserved is no >> option. >> >> Also, someone suggested changing the BAM, because it can be rebuilt by >> "V"alidate. No, I do not like this, because the BAM contains info, too. >> There can be an error (accidentially or intentionally) that might serve >> a purpose. >> >> Thus, please, DO NOT MODIFY THE DATA CONTENTS SOMEONE MIGHT WANT TO >> PRESERVE. >> >> I do not like to have it optional, because people will not know about >> these options, and they might accidentially use it. >> >> If people do not like a container format, another option might be to add >> another file beside the original one. For example, have a file >> >> MYSUPERDUPERDISK.d9060 >> >> and a meta-file >> >> MYSUPERDUPERDISK.d9060.meta >> >> (or, if you want to play with ADS on Windows, use >> MYSUPERDUPERDISK.d9060:meta ;) >> >> Regards, >> Spiro. >> >> -- >> Spiro R. Trikaliotis >> http://www.trikaliotis.net/ >> >> Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list >> > > > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2014-01-28 23:00:49
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