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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...

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