) (09/09/88)
Hi, A while back an INIT called HD partition came across the net. It shows an icon on startup but I can't get it to do anything else. There was no doc file with it. How do you use it? Phil Hunt
Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com (09/12/88)
That HD partition INIT is a file that is a bug fix to the one that comes with the SUM utilities. You need SUM to do anything more with it.... Mark Cookson
pollock@usfvax2.EDU (Wayne Pollock) (09/15/88)
The init that was posted is an update to SUM, a nice package of disk
utilities, and is useless without the rest of the package.
I do have the package, but I also would like to know how this works! The
manual didn't answer many questions:
1) Suppose I have Shield installed, then create a new partition. Is the
new partition protected by Shield, or must I install it into the new partition
myself?
2) Does moving a file across partitions interfere in any way with Shield?
In this case does Shield make two copies of whatever info it keeps per file?
3) Using the volume anti-virus protection of Guardian, do I still need
Vaccine 1.0? That is, do these programs provide duplicate or complimentry
protection? Do they interfere with each other?
4) Since I received my copy of SUM after the fixes were posted to the net,
do I need the fixes? How can you tell which version you have (since the
version number is the same in all versions, which is very silly of symantec
in my opinion)? Is there more than one update to SUM available?
5) How many roads must a man walk down?
Wayne Pollock (The MAD Scientist) pollock@usfvax2.usf.edu
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GEnie: W.POLLOCKogus@crystal.berkeley.edu (Arthur E. Ogus) (09/16/88)
I don't know the answer to many of your questions, except for the following: The volume anti-virus protection of Guardian will NOT prevent you from being infected by SCORES. It happened to me. Another bug with the HD Paritition INIT--one that no one else seems to have commented on-- is that it is incompatible with Apple's Find-File. All Find-File will do is beep when you try to start it up. This is extremely annoying. (I am currently running system 6.0 on a Mac II, but I think system 5.0 has the same problem.)
singer@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel) (09/19/88)
In article <14331@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> ogus@math.UUCP (Arthur E. Ogus) writes: >I don't know the answer to many of your questions, except for the >following: The volume anti-virus protection of Guardian will NOT >prevent you from being infected by SCORES. It happened to me. Guardian isn't virus PREVENTION, it's virus PROTECTION - that is, should a virus infest you or otherwise wreak havoc on your disk structure, Guardian makes it possible to restore your disk to the state it was before the infection. At least, theoretically. I don't use it, so I can't comment on whether it works or not, or how well it works. --Rich Rich Siegel Staff Software Developer THINK Technologies Division, Symantec Corp. Internet: singer@endor.harvard.edu UUCP: ..harvard!endor!singer Phone: (617) 275-4800 x305 Any opinions stated in this article do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of Symantec Corporation or its employees.
Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com (09/20/88)
Ok, well, here goes.... The SUM shield INIT is used in the same way as it always was. It will ONLY protect files that are on the STARTUP disk (the one the INIT was run off of). So in otherwords, KEEP ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET and pray that shield will catch it before it falls.... Ok, the other questions about the partitions are interesting ones. The Mac treats each partition as a seperate drives, so when you move a file onto or off of a partition it will copy it. I would assume that the partition would be protected because if it is on the startup disk. The thing with shield and vacine, well, vacine has kicked in a number of times that sheild didn't do anything about it. But only in things like the Installer that were modifing the system file. Shield is supposed to only protect the VTOC on the HD, nothing else.... I don't know how many, just watch out for the 50,000 mile blues.... Mark Cookson