carnahan@inljeff.den.mmc.com (Rich Carnahan) (04/15/91)
I need some advice. Over the weekend something rather strange
occurred. I was resizing some windows on my IIGS and one of the
folders on my HD would not open. The message window appeared and
read, "Please insert disk MAGELLAN". Now MAGELLAN is the name
of (you guessed it) my HD. I was not able to delete the folder
nor was I able to find out any information about it. All other
folders seem to be behaving properly. Any way to rectify this
situation (short of reformatting the HD)? My system config. is:
IIGS ROM 01
OS 5.0.4
TWGS
4.25 MB GS Ram+
20MB HD
Thanks in advance.
Rich
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tribby@hpindwa.cup.hp.com (David Tribby) (04/17/91)
carnahan@inljeff.den.mmc.com (Rich Carnahan) writes... > ... I was resizing some windows on my IIGS and one of the > folders on my HD would not open. The message window appeared and > read, "Please insert disk MAGELLAN". Now MAGELLAN is the name > of (you guessed it) my HD. What kind of a hard disk do you have? I've seen a similar problem with my 20mb Sider (D2 model, I believe). Several times, I've been in the middle of something only to have a screen pop up and say "Please insert /HARDA," which is my boot-up hard drive. When I push the "try again" button, it will sometimes work, but other times it will overwrite a directory block (usually in /HARDA/SYSTEM) with the first /HARDA directory block...a rather nasty result that requires zeroing out the /HARDA directory and reloading. Now when I see the "Please insert" message, I reboot the system. Better to lose what I'm in the middle of doing rather than the whole partition! You may want to use the Finder's "Verify" (or is it "Validate"?; my GS is at home...) command on /MAGELLAN. That will tell you whether there is anything funny about your directory structure. If you have APDA's latest addition to the APW tools, use the utility included there to check your volume. It will tell you if there are any conflicts between blocks marked "in-use" and blocks actually used by files. -- Dave Tribby
carnahan@inljeff.den.mmc.com (Rich Carnahan) (04/17/91)
A couple of days ago I posted (at least I though I did) a note requesting help on a rather curious problem I ran across on my IIGS. So far I haven't received any response. C'mon folks, just a little hint, hm? Here's my first post. ================================================================== I need some advice. Over the weekend something rather strange occurred. I was resizing some windows on my IIGS and one of the folders on my HD would not open. The message window appeared and read, "Please insert disk MAGELLAN". Now MAGELLAN is the name of (you guessed it) my HD. I was not able to delete the folder nor was I able to find out any information about it. All other folders seem to be behaving properly. Any way to rectify this situation (short of reformatting the HD)? My system config. is: IIGS ROM 01 OS 5.0.4 TWGS 4.25 MB GS Ram+ 20MB HD Thanks in advance. ================================================================== Cheers. Rich =================================================================== --------------> rich <-------------- (carnahan@inljeff.den.mmc.com) Martin Marietta Astronautics Group Box 1260 MS XL8058 Denver, Colorado 80201-1260 (303) 971-7981