drz@po.CWRU.Edu (David R. Zinkin) (09/21/90)
Well, the AppleShare/EtherTalk/MacIP problem *finally* seems to
have disappeared. It turns out that the copy of the Installer
application supplied to me by the campus personnel was damaged,
as were the EtherTalk and AppleShare drivers. Also, one of the
AppleShare servers was not working properly, so *everyone* who
tried to log in had the same problem. I'm the only one whose
System file grew, though...my guess is that the file information
was corrupted at the time of the first crash, as was the disk
directory. So, to fix everything, I ran DiskExpress (v1.5) to
repair the disk directory, then trashed the old System and network
software, rebooted with my *own* copy of the Installer and network
drivers (against the instructions of Network Services), and reinstalled
everything from scratch. In addition, based on a suggestion which
I received via E-mail, I locked my copy of MacTCP 1.0.1 to avoid
having it corrupted. Same with Mac/IP 4.0.
It turned out that one of the "master" copies of the network
installer disks was severely corrupted. That was replaced and the
server was fixed. Since then, everything has been stable.
I'd like to thank *everyone* who E-mailed me with suggestions and
words of encouragement. And I'm sorry for any inconvenience caused
by the multiple copies of the message -- the mailer system I'm forced
to use doesn't permit the type of cross-posting some of you suggested.
(A special "thanks-for-nothing" to Patrick Hayes, whose extremely
insulting letter was more colorful than anything I'll ever see on my
black-and-white SE/30.)
So it turned out to be a number of factors -- damaged disks, failing
server hardware, and the effects of both combined. Once again, thanks
to everyone who helped.
-- David Zinkin
--
David Zinkin -- Case Western Reserve University (Student) and
Rochester General Hospital Radiology Dept. (Consultant)
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In article <1990Sep21.005259.241@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> drz@po.CWRU.Edu (David R. Zinkin) writes: >I'd like to thank *everyone* who E-mailed me with suggestions and >words of encouragement. And I'm sorry for any inconvenience caused >by the multiple copies of the message -- the mailer system I'm forced >to use doesn't permit the type of cross-posting some of you suggested. >(A special "thanks-for-nothing" to Patrick Hayes, whose extremely >insulting letter was more colorful than anything I'll ever see on my >black-and-white SE/30.) Highly Insulting? Mildly castigating was closer to the tone after having to wade through all those postings. Dave has since explained that CWRU's news setup prohibits cross-posting which is highly antisocial to say the least... Pat -- +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Patrick Hayes | EMail : Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr | | BULL CEDIAG | or hayes@bull.fr | | 68, Route de Versailles | or ...!mcvax!inria!bullfr!hayes | | F-78430 Louveciennes FRANCE | Tel : (33 1) 39 02 49 55 | +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+