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- From: greis@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (I buy VW & Porsche Stuff - Mail Me)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Vulcan or system software?
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 22:39:38 GMT
- Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- Originator: greis@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
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- I have a real problem. My Vulcan has gone haywire. (yeah, I know. What
- else is new.) At least I think that it is my Vulcan. About once a month,
- and now more and more frequently, my /system partition on my Vulcan20
- has been totaly changing the names of files in the /system/system folder.
- (Actually, this is just when I notice it actually...) And it all happens
- at once too... i.e. Everything will be fine, but I'll park heads using the
- AE utility, turn off the 'puter, come back in 4 hours, turn it on and I
- get the following:
-
- :system:system
- total 310k
- drw-brd 0000 XY
- 1024 Nov 8 13:13 1992 CDevs/
- -rw-brd 0000 $ E 512 Nov 8 12:55 1992 Desk.@cc
- drw-brd 0001 XY
- 512 Nov 8 13:06 1992 EriverS/
- -rw-brd 0000 $BC 5072 Feb 13 00:00 1992 Error.Ms
- -rw-brd 0001 $F9 120926 Mar 4 23:00 1992 FS.OS
- -rw-brd 0001 $BC 2352 Feb 12 01:00 1992 FS.OS.dev
- -rw-brd 0000 $ E 512 Nov 8 12:06 1992 FSTs
- drw-brd 0000 XY
- 512 Nov 16 20:39 1992 FinderExtras/
- drw-brd 0001 XY
- 1024 Nov 8 13:13 1992 Gonts/
- -rw-brd 0000 non 175 Nov 16 20:39 1992 History
- -rwxbrd 0001 sys 17128 Mar 4 23:00 1992 P8*
- drw-brd 0000 XY
- 1024 Nov 8 13:14 1992 Sounds/
- erwxbrd DB03 s16 150806 Feb 13 01:00 1992 Start*
- -rw-brd 000A $F8 13178 Mar 4 22:00 1992 Start.GS.N
- -rw-brd 0000 $ E 1024 Nov 9 18:18 1992 Sxstel.Retup
- drw-brd 0000 XY
- 1024 Nov 8 13:15 1992 Tools/
- -rw-brd 0000 $F9 2 Nov 16 19:56 1992 clipboard
-
- of course the filetypes of folders are screwed up because I don't have
- mousetext here, but look at the other types, and how their names are
- mutated. Yes, in the finder I do see Start.GS.N and Sxstel.Retup. I'm
- beginning to think Astro lives in my Vulcan. (I booted off of 3.5 to
- get this, and no, it cannot find the Start.GS.OS file.)
-
- I have no way of fixing this. The finder tells me there is nothing wrong
- with the disk on a verify. A validate tells me all the files are corrupt.
- Trying to change them crashes the 'puter. Yes, I am using Sys6 from
- ftp.apple.com, and I am using the correct HFS and ProDos drivers. If I so
- much as try to write a filetype to an affected file, I crash. My sol'n
- in the past has been to reformat the drive, and start again. That works,
- for about a month. I thought it was Phantasm that was screwing me, so I
- took it out. Nope! Ugh! I haven't blanked the drive yet because I really
- want to find out what the heck is wrong. I need my GS for term papers and
- exams coming up, and this is frustrating! (HELP!)
-
- Thanks!
-