len@qumix.UUCP (Leonard Labar) (04/29/85)
I have a 128k Mac and am constantly annoyed by random error messages that occur when I select the eject (cont. E) option. Usually there is around 50k left. However, it says "There is not enough memory to eject the startup disk". Variations on this are "..to remember the icon." I am using a single drive system. If I push reset then use control shift 1 after rebooting, sometimes that works. "Shutdown" always works regardless. This happens frequently on disks that use the old (-0.15) version of macterminal but it is not exclusively limited to using macterminal. Does anybody else have the same problem? Anyone have the solution? Help.
jimb@amdcad.UUCP (Jim Budler) (04/29/85)
In article <588@qumix.UUCP> len@qumix.UUCP (Leonard Labar) writes: >I have a 128k Mac and am constantly annoyed by random error messages >that occur when I select the eject (cont. E) option. Usually there is >around 50k left. However, it says "There is not enough memory to eject >the startup disk". Variations on this are "..to remember the icon." I >... >... "Shutdown" always works >regardless. This happens frequently on disks that use the old (-0.15) >version of macterminal but it is not exclusively limited to using >macterminal. I used to have this problem frequently with my MacTerminal 1.1 (release) disk using finder 1.1g. The problem was due to my having downloaded many binhexed programs, converted them on that disk before transferring them. As a result, the DeskTop (invisible file) was HUGE. Your reference to "Shutdown" implies you may have Finder 4.1 where that problem shouldn't exist, (4.1 ckleans up the DeskTop), but if not then you have to manually clean the DeskTop file by shift-option double-click on finder and hold the mouse button down until the Finder menu bar appears. There are other better ways to clean the desktop, such as the PurgeIcons application which is on Compuserve or using the resource editor to remove everything from the DeskTop files EXCEPT FOBJ, STR, and FCMT. These are better because they don't remove the folders or the Get Info data. -- Jim Budler Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (408) 749-5806 UUCPnet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amdcad!jimb Compuserve: 72415,1200
ward@hao.UUCP (Mike Ward) (04/30/85)
> I have a 128k Mac and am constantly annoyed by random error messages > that occur when I select the eject (cont. E) option. Usually there is > around 50k left. However, it says "There is not enough memory to eject > the startup disk". Variations on this are "..to remember the icon." I You did not say how you found out that you have 50K of memory left (remember that disk storage is not memory). It really doesn't matter, since what is needed is system heap space, so you would have to have a utility that told you that. I usually got that message when I had more than two icons on the desktop. By always trashing the icon of an ejected disk, I ensured that I didn't get that message. You can always eject the disk in the internal drive by holding down the mouse button after pressing the reset button.