> The rebuilding process keeps skipping files at random. I don't know why. In
> one it might skip 2 files and in another it might skip 16 files. It is the same
> source files. The conversion is from a merged set to a split set. I'm going to
> try to use the merger instead of the rebuilder though. However this should be
> fixed in the future. BTW, During the rebuild it had skipped 2 files that were
> required for a couple of sets. This was discovered during a scan of the
> resulting files. The source files were fine however.
>
> EDIT:
> My run in the merger ended even worse. Although no files were actually missing
> it did report that files were in the wrong set. Some files that were supposed
> to be in the clone set were actually in the parent set and vice-versa. In some
> cases the clone set wasn't even created.
>
> I am using CLRMamePro 3.73.
>


If you get random problems you most likely have a hardware issue like

- bad ide cable
- bad ram / bad ram timing
- buggy via chipset

Rebuilder and Merger work fine without any issues. The rebuilder rebuilds valid files only. So either you use a wrong dat for the right data or viceversa. If you get random issues, you got a hardware issue described above.

Besides it looks like you don't know what you're doing, since the merger does something completely different than the rebuilder and you can't simply exchange their purposes. The merger requires correct sets before the run. It's for merging purposes only, not for fixing.


Roman Scherzer