[comp.sys.mac] Phantom System file

lulue@manta.NOSC.MIL (Dan Lulue ) (07/18/89)

We have a strange folder that everyone (ResEdit, Fedit, SCSITools, the
Finder), thinks is empty.  However, we can't toss the folder because it
either contains a non-empty folder, or an item in use.  We also cannot
place a system file into the folder because there is already a file by
that name.

The folder was originally the machine's System Folder until it became
corrupt during the installation of a Shiva network.

We want to toss the folder and contents, but first we would like to
recover some installed fonts and DAs.  Any ideas as to 1) what caused
this, 2)how we can see what is really in the folder, and 3) how we can
salvage some of this mess??

Thanks very much in advance.

Dan Lulue

lulue@nosc.mil