strustee@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Forbes) (08/13/90)
The system: Macintosh SE, 2.5MB RAM, 20MB hard disk, System 6.0.4 The activity: Rebuilding the Desktop on the hard disk, by holding down Command and Option after the INIT parade ends on startup The results: The "Are you sure?" dialog box appears. I click on "OK". The machine hums for a while... A dialog box appears with the universal "stop" icon and an "OK" button, but no message. The box is the same size as the "Are you sure?" box, and clicking the "OK" button allows me to continue. I don't know if the desktop is successfully rebuilt or not. Other info: Disinfectant 2.0 says I'm virus-free. There are 700+ files on the disk drive. I want to buy a IIfx but can't afford one. The question: Does anyone know why this is happening? -- Scott Forbes Student Member of the Board of Trustees strustee@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign Disclaimer: The password for my account is hidden in the above posting
urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) (08/14/90)
In comp.sys.mac.system, article <1990Aug13.004546.16306@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>,
strustee@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Forbes) writes:
<
< The activity: Rebuilding the Desktop on the hard disk, by holding down
< Command and Option after the INIT parade ends on startup
<
< The results: [...]
< A dialog box appears with the universal "stop" icon and
< an "OK" button, but no message. The box is the same size
< as the "Are you sure?" box, and clicking the "OK" button
< allows me to continue. I don't know if the desktop is
< successfully rebuilt or not.
<
It was not -- the Finder ran out of memory while trying to rebuild. Hence the
empty dialog box.
Fixes:
- Install the Desktop Manager, or
- Increase you Finder's memory. The default 160 kByte are _way_too_small_,
and it's time someone at Apple realizes this and does something against it.
< Other info: Disinfectant 2.0 says I'm virus-free.
Fortunately, this isn't a virus,
< There are 700+ files on the disk drive.
Which is triggering the problem,
< I want to buy a IIfx but can't afford one.
Which is another problem altogether (hint: you're not alone. I can't afford
a IIfx either, but I'm getting one anyway ;-) .
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