ccc_ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) (07/26/90)
Somewhere around version 6.0, the Finder's "LAYO" customisation resource gained a few new fields. Can somebody tell me the meanings of some of these? I'm particularly curious about the ones described by ResEdit as "text view date", "sort style", "use phys icon" and "color style". I assume that "copy inherit" and "new folder inherit" have to do with inheritance of folder privileges on AppleShare volumes, and that "watch thresh" is the number of ticks before the wristwatch cursor comes up. Also, I'm puzzled about some of the things the Finder does while it copies files. I remember hearing that the number of files the Finder would copy in a single pass was limited to something like 30, while the actual amount of data it would copy at once was limited only by available memory. This doesn't seem to be true. I've got a 1.6-megabyte System file, and it definitely took about 4 or 5 read/write cycles to copy the whole thing from one hard disk to another. My Mac II has 5 megs of memory, and MultiFinder wasn't even running at the time-- I turned it off because the Finder runs out of room in its application heap if I try copying 1900 files at a time. This is Finder 6.1.5, System 6.0.5, by the way. Also, when copying such a large number of files, I have sometimes hit the message "The file such-and-such couldn't be written and was skipped (disk error)" (or something like that). And yet after I've finished the bulk copying, I can go back and individually copy those troublesome files (three or four of them in the worst case so far), and they will copy OK. Any ideas? I can't believe that I'm having I/O errors on the SyQuest... Lawrence D'Oliveiro Computer Services Dept fone: +64-71-562-889 University of Waikato fax: +64-71-384-066 Hamilton, New Zealand electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz To someone with a hammer and a screwdriver, every problem looks like a nail with threads.
man@eilat.cs.brown.edu (Mark H. Nodine) (07/26/90)
In article <1099.26af1994@waikato.ac.nz>, ccc_ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes: |>Also, when copying such a large number of files, I have sometimes |>hit the message "The file such-and-such couldn't be written and was |>skipped (disk error)" (or something like that). And yet after I've |>finished the bulk copying, I can go back and individually copy those |>troublesome files (three or four of them in the worst case so far), |>and they will copy OK. I've been having similar problems, except that mine are more consistent. Specifically, whenever I try to copy a file that's more than about 100K either to or from my Jasmine Megadrive 10 (or both, by doing the "Duplicate" command in the Finder), I get the disk error message. The same files can be copied using a disk copying utility (a DA). I never experienced this problem prior to System 6.0.5. --Mark
johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (07/27/90)
In article <1099.26af1994@waikato.ac.nz>, ccc_ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes: > Also, when copying such a large number of files, I have sometimes > hit the message "The file such-and-such couldn't be written and was > skipped (disk error)" (or something like that). And yet after I've > finished the bulk copying, I can go back and individually copy those > troublesome files (three or four of them in the worst case so far), > and they will copy OK. > > Any ideas? I can't believe that I'm having I/O errors on the SyQuest... I also had this problem (I think it was with System 6.0.3), but it did turn out to be a bad SyQuest ( :-( ) (Fortunately, MirrorTech shipped me a replacement UPS Overnight -- got it the next day!). Most formatting software has an option to do a non-destructive test (i.e. doesn't erase your files) of your drive (of your cartridge if a SyQuest removable). Try that. Erik A. Johnson, Graduate Student \ Internet: johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering \ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign \