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In article <383CC6E0.E27FA438@nceltrnw.nceltr.mq.edu.au>, Craig Richardson
<crichard@nceltrnw.nceltr.mq.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I have for days now been trying to move a bunch of files between my mac
> at work and a directory on my Novell server here.  In fact I have the
> same problem sometimes just moving files between two Macintosh machines.
> 
> Whilst trying to copy files I commonly have the os bail out with a
> System Error -37, or -50.  I have been to the Apple site to get
> descriptions but they are not very helpfull
> 
> ie)  -37    bdNamErr    Bad File name; there may be no bad names in the
> final system
>     -50    paramErr    Error in user parameter list.
> 
> I am using Mac OS 7.6.1 on all our machines.  You get the same problem
> whichever mac you use in the department and with completely different
> files.  I am copying the files just by dragging and dropping them.
> 
> Any suggestions would be very much appreciated as I am a new mac user
> (My job is as a Novell and NT administrator) and this is really turning
> me away from what I hear should be a very good OS.
> 
> thanks,
> Craig

I would unplug all the patch cables I had at this point and throw them
away to plug in some nice new un-kinked ones.

If the same thing is happening no matter which way you network copy files,
you are not dealing with a problem of any specific machine. You are
dealing with a network problem, which most likely means someone stomped a
patch cable or some other simple thing.

Could also be a defective hub/switch, but much more likely a cable about
to go completely bad. Could be other things,too, but it smacks of bad
cables.

AppleTalk isn't much on error recovery... and why is it network admins
never seem to think the network might be causing the problem? ;)

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