topix@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (R. Munroe) (07/17/90)
I have a Mac/SE running 6.0.2. I have 2.5 meg RAM and a CMS 30 meg internal hard disk (SCSI). I had multifinder activated and was in THINK C when an improper call to BlockMove crashed my system. After hitting the programmer's reset button, everything booted up fine except that I am now missing almost 3 meg off my hard disk. If this was unix I'd be looking for a core dump - since the missing disk space is more or less equal to my RAM. I took inventory of all my top level folders and, sure enough, they all add up to 3 meg less than what my system tells me is currently being used. Any ideas? Any and all help would be most appreciated. Thanks Bob Munroe topix@utcs.utoronto.ca
mm5l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Matthew Mashyna) (07/17/90)
> I took inventory of all my top level folders and, > sure enough, they all add up to 3 meg less than what my system tells > me is currently being used. Any ideas? I don't know what did it but a few months ago somebody was fiddling with SilverLining on my Mac and suddenly I noticed that 10 MB was gone! I ran disk express on it and just about fell out of my seat when the grim reaper icons showed up after dianosis. I was a bit perturbed at this person with the SilverLining. I let Disk Express do it's thing and it got it all back (Hooray, I can let my SilverLining pal live) Right, what was the question ? Oh, yeah. I don't know but I recomend Disk Express to get it back. ==================================================================== |Matt Mashyna | As you see, science once again robs us of | |mm5l@andrew.cmu.edu | our jobs. They put a micro-chip in my place.| |Carnegie Mellon | | ====================================================================
mxmora@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora) (07/17/90)
In article <1990Jul17.075148.422@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> topix@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (R. Munroe) writes: [stuff deleted about story of a crash using blockmove] Your volume map or disk directory is probably bad. This happens often after a crash and your restart from macsbug. I guess some volume info doesn't get updated. Next time try the rb (reboot) command. (if you used the rb command then ignore the last sentance) Use Disk first aid to repair your hard disk and magically your three megs should return. > >Any and all help would be most appreciated. > >Thanks If the above works then your welcome. >Bob Munroe >topix@utcs.utoronto.ca P.S. I'm not sure I used the proper names for the hard disk infomation but you get the idea :-) -- ___________________________________________________________ Matthew Mora | my Mac Matt_Mora@sri.com SRI International | my unix mxmora@unix.sri.com ___________________________________________________________
mnykanen@cc.helsinki.fi (07/18/90)
In article <1990Jul17.075148.422@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>, topix@gpu.utcs. utoronto.ca (R. Munroe) writes: > I have a Mac/SE running 6.0.2. I have 2.5 meg RAM and a CMS 30 meg > internal hard disk (SCSI). I had multifinder activated and was in THINK C > when > an improper call to BlockMove crashed my system. After hitting the > programmer's reset button, everything booted up fine except that I am > now missing almost 3 meg off my hard disk. If this was unix I'd be > looking for a core dump - since the missing disk space is more or less > equal to my RAM. I took inventory of all my top level folders and, > sure enough, they all add up to 3 meg less than what my system tells > me is currently being used. Any ideas? > > Any and all help would be most appreciated. > > > Thanks > > Bob Munroe > topix@utcs.utoronto.ca Could these be related? Similar situation except 2Mb RAM and 40Mb internal Apple HD, THINK (then LightSpeed) C 3.0; a spectacular system crash in a program using BlockMove (whether actually in it I cannot say) resulted in C leaving behind a 10Mb project file for 200-line program! The error wasn't reproducible. Could it be that neither the old nor the new C is NOT cleaning up properly? In my case, though, I just dragged the 10Mb beast to trash.. -- Matti Nyk{nen CS Student at Helsinki U, Finland email: mnykanen@cc.helsinki.FI The best opinions available; get them while they're hot!