long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) (06/23/91)
A new possible bug in 7.0! What fun. I was copying a folder containing 96 items, in 1,415,436 bytes, to a freshly formatted HD floppy. The Finder trundled along, never warning about insufficent space, until it got close to the end, when it said "the command could not be completed because of insufficient space" or something like that. I imagine this was because of desktop file update. This is probably something that should be taken into account when evaluating space on the destination. Funny how all my System 7 problems have been floppy-related (like the infinite loop of "Please insert..." followed by me pressing Command/Dot and then "This disk could not be used because it is not in any drive"). Sigh. RCL Richard C. Long | long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com | Selfware: If you like --------------- | ...!decwrl!mcntsh.enet.dec.com!long | this program, send A First Edition | long%mcntsh.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com | yourself five bucks!
chma@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Michael Antolovich) (06/24/91)
In article <5334@ryn.mro4.dec.com> long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes: > > A new possible bug in 7.0! What fun. > > I was copying a folder containing 96 items, in 1,415,436 bytes, to a freshly > formatted HD floppy. The Finder trundled along, never warning about > insufficent space, until it got close to the end, when it said "the command > could not be completed because of insufficient space" or something like that. > I imagine this was because of desktop file update. This is probably something > that should be taken into account when evaluating space on the destination. > I'm afraid I have noticed this sort of error in System 6.0.X. It only happens as you say when the thing would have fitted if the Desktop wasn't made bigger. I'm not sure if this only happened when I was using the DeskTop Manager INIT or all the time (I suspect the first). Michael. -- _______________________________________________________________________________ \ Michael Antolovich in sunny North Queensland (where it's bloody hot!) / \ chma@marlin.jcu.edu.au / \_________________________________________________________________________/
rgm@ocf.berkeley.edu (Not OCF Staff) (06/24/91)
If you think that is fun, wait 'til you hear this one: I have a floppy that I created exclusively with MPW 3.1, and had never come in contact with the Finder (thus no desktop file). It was packed to the gills (literally only 512 bytes left). Under 6.0.x, if I had inserted it, the Finder would bitch "Unable to create desktop" or something like that and unmount the disk. Under 7.0, the machine hangs (can't even break to MacsBug) unless the disk is locked. Great, eh? Had to load 6.0.5 off of floppies, start MPW, and move enough files off to let the Finder make its desktop... -- "When you're serious about having | Robert Menke fun, it's not much fun at all!" | rgm@OCF.berkeley.edu -- Calvin & Hobbes | ...!ucbvax!OCF!rgm