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My guess would be disk errors ... caused by directory or other damage.
Error codes 33-61 are all file system errors ... which usually point to
disk or directory damage. Try the following:

1. Run Nortons, TechTools or whatever over the shared disks on your
network to check their state of health.

2. Then run a copy of DiskWarrior (from Alsoft) over the puppies ... it
cleans up disk errors that Nortons and TechTool don't.

3. Then do a desktop rebuild on all disks. (I use a Shareware puppy called
File Buddy for this, but you can simply hold down the Apple key, the
option and the shift keys when you do a reboot for a quick and dirty
rebuild.)

Regular maintenance always helps ... no matter what operating system you use.

Finally, if it ain't a corrupted shared disk problem then it could be an
extension or corrupt preference file problem ... check your network
extensions (particularly those on the servers) and try junking the
Preference files for those extensions.

                                                               Regards,
 

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

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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

It's quite likely a problem with NAMING! I've had the same hassles with a
server. There's a Mac shareware program called 'Name Cleaner' - if I
remember correctly - available via shareware.com, etc

Hope this helps,
Lynzz
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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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