teg@odgate.odesta.com (Todd Grinnell) (05/09/91)
I'm running System 7.0b5 on my Mac IIfx and I've noticed that, except on rare occasions, I can no longer change the names of my devices. When I bring up Balloon Help and place the arrow over a device's name, I get "This icon's name cannot be changed." The disk is not locked in any way (I can change the name with system 6.0.7 running), and no other tools can change the name either (MPW and Disktop give an OS error -59, file system internal error). This happens to others running system 7.0b5 on other macs as well. Is this a bug or a feature? -- Todd Grinnell | Odesta Corporation "Less talk -- More synthohol"| 4084 Commercial Ave. Lt. Worf| Northbrook, IL 60062 mcdchg!ecgcurly!odgate!teg | (708) 498-5615
bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre) (05/10/91)
Todd Grinnell: |I'm running System 7.0b5 on my Mac IIfx and I've noticed that, except on |rare occasions, I can no longer change the names of my devices. When I |bring up Balloon Help and place the arrow over a device's name, I get "This |icon's name cannot be changed." The disk is not locked in any way (I can |change the name with system 6.0.7 running), and no other tools can change |the name either (MPW and Disktop give an OS error -59, file system internal |error). This happens to others running system 7.0b5 on other macs as well. |Is this a bug or a feature? error -59 means "can't rename." The reason is that you have File Sharing turned on, and that prevents disks from being renamed. Is this a bug or a feature? Hell, don't ask me. bill coderre who actually has read the manuals
teg@odgate.odesta.com (Todd Grinnell) (05/12/91)
teg@odgate.odesta.com (Todd Grinnell) writes: >I'm running System 7.0b5 on my Mac IIfx and I've noticed that, except on >rare occasions, I can no longer change the names of my devices. When I >bring up Balloon Help and place the arrow over a device's name, I get "This >icon's name cannot be changed." The disk is not locked in any way (I can >change the name with system 6.0.7 running), and no other tools can change >the name either (MPW and Disktop give an OS error -59, file system internal >error). This happens to others running system 7.0b5 on other macs as well. >Is this a bug or a feature? >-- >Todd Grinnell | Odesta Corporation > "Less talk -- More synthohol"| 4084 Commercial Ave. > Lt. Worf| Northbrook, IL 60062 >mcdchg!ecgcurly!odgate!teg | (708) 498-5615 Okay, we found the problem. It appears that when you have file sharing turned on, it locks the device names...I guess that makes sense :-| Therefore, if you turn sharing off, you can again rename. This was only an issue as I have partitioned my La Cie 105 into several logical drives, and had installed sys6 on one and sys7 on another, and as startup disk works only with physical devices, not logical, I could only control which system loaded by making the logical partition with the desired system alphabetically first. Thanks for listening! t-bone -- Todd Grinnell | Odesta Corporation "Less talk -- More synthohol"| 4084 Commercial Ave. Lt. Worf| Northbrook, IL 60062 mcdchg!ecgcurly!odgate!teg | (708) 498-5615