Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!utah-cs!utah-gr!thomas From: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Packit checksum problem (was Re: MIDI Programming Advice Wanted.) Message-ID: <1881@utah-gr.UUCP> Date: Wed, 31-Dec-86 13:36:51 EST Article-I.D.: utah-gr.1881 Posted: Wed Dec 31 13:36:51 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 31-Dec-86 20:56:14 EST References: <538@noao.UUCP> <174400010@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) Organization: University of Utah CS Dept Lines: 11 I have seen this before. The problem was generally that the improperly unpacked file was an application with the Bundle bit set. The finder tried to scan the resource fork (which was trashed) for a BNDL resource and crashed. Thus, rebuilding the desktop will NOT help. You might be able to boot from a floppy, go into an application and use a DA (Utils, for example) to mount the hard disk and remove the offending file. If the bad file is on a floppy, it's obviously easier. -- =Spencer ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@cs.utah.edu)