Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!apple!voder!pyramid!comdesign!ivucsb!steve From: steve@ivucsb.UUCP (Steve Lemke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Problem copying files to hard disk Keywords: crash, mac II, 150MB disk Message-ID: <286@ivucsb.UUCP> Date: 20 Sep 88 18:11:16 GMT References: <2373@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <16967@apple.Apple.COM> Reply-To: steve@ivucsb.UUCP (Steve Lemke ) Organization: The Audio Club at UCSB, Isla Vista, California Lines: 34 In article <16967@apple.Apple.COM> keith@apple.com.UUCP (Keith Rollin) writes: #In article <2373@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> bmartin@uhccux.UUCP (Brian K. Martin, M.D.) writes: #>My system now crashes whenever I try to copy a new program from a floppy to #>the hard disk. The system just freezes in the middle of a copy operation, #>and I have to hit the re-boot switch. The problem is temporarily solved by #>archiving a few programs to floppy then rebuilding the desktop. I've heard #>that there's some sort of limit to the number of files that can be stored on #>a hard disk. I hope not, since I was planning to upgrade to a 620MB disk in #>the near future. # #Yes, there is a limit to the number of files that you can have on a volume, #but 3600 isn't it. It's more like 64K (either 64K files + 64K folders, or 64K #altogether - I can't remember which). Besides, the Finder shouldn't crash #under those conditions - it's pretty good at recovering from errors that it #expects. This leads me to believe that there is something a little more wrong #with your hard disk than a bad desktop file. You might be interested in reading tech-note #210: "The Desktop file's Outer Limits". This says that the desktop file is a resource file, and the max. number of resources it may contain is currently 2727 (see also TN#141). A generic application (no BNDL resource) or a file without any Finder file comments does not put any resources into the Desktop file, but Finder file comments put a single resource into the Desktop file, and other applications (with BNDL resources) can put as many as 8 or 9 resources into the file. This would seem to indicate that you are running up against this boundary. As for a solution? Well, I'm not sure, other than perhaps partitioning your drive into different volumes? I only hope I don't run into this problem with my 140mb drive... -- +----------------------------- Steve Lemke -----------------------------+ | uucp: steve@ivucsb.UUCP AppleLink: LEMKE | | alt.uucp: {decwrl!}sun!apple!lemke CompuServe: 73627,570 | | internet: lemke@apple.COM GEnie: S.Lemke |