Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!eric From: eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Preferences, help? Keywords: Preferences on JH0: Message-ID: <4874@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 29 Sep 88 13:56:25 GMT References: <3173@utastro.UUCP> Reply-To: eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 22 In article <3173@utastro.UUCP> dhines@utastro.UUCP (Dean Hines) writes: >I'm having problems with my preferences setup. I have Preferences set for an >Epson printer on my Workbench disk, and also on my harddrive JH0:. >However, when I get ready to print something, the preferences on JH0: has >been reset to the default settings. If I enter Preferences on JH0:, change >to Epson, and save, everything works fine. BUT the next time I reboot, >the Preferences on the harddrive get reset. > >This isn't a major problem, but it can sure be frustrating. Has anyone else >had this problem, or am I just doing something stupid? Any help would be >greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance... Bill Koester of CATS identified a solution to this problem in a previous posting. I just want to add that I've also seen this sort of problem if the system-configuration file gets corrupted and/or its length somehow becomes other that 232 bytes. In this instance a default set of preferences is used. -- Eric Cotton Commodore-Amiga (215) 431-9100 1200 Wilson Drive {rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!eric West Chester, PA 19380 "I don't find this stuff amusing anymore."