TITLE:              Error Writing when Trying to Stack a Drive
DOCUMENT ID:        TID020820
DOCUMENT REVISION:  1
DATE:               27Apr1994
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
README FOR:         NA

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NOVELL DOS 7.0

ABSTRACT:
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SYMPTOMS:

Unable to compress a drive using stacker.  The user was trying to
stack the D: drive and would get an error:

"There has been an error writing the directory "D:\MAS90\MR". Please
run a disk repair utility to investigate."

The user would enter on OK and then get:

"ERROR EXECUTING C:\NWDOS\CREATE.COM."

CAUSES:

Stacker says that the maximum number of files that can be in a
subdirectory that can be successfully compressed is 2048.  This user
had subdirectories with 3000+ files in them.

TROUBLESHOOTING:

Tried CHKDSK, Norton's Disk Doctor, Norton's Calibrate, and PCTOOLS'
Verify, but no errors were found on the drive.

SOLUTIONS:

The options are to copy the files to another drive or location,
compress the drive, and then copy the files back onto the stacked
drive, or to break up the subdirectories into subdirectories that
have fewer than 2048 files in them.

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