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Article #39174Hang due to floppy copy
From: David Elliott
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1989 01:25
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1989 01:25
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I was trying to copy some software onto my hard disk from a floppy, and every time I got to a certain point, the system hung and had to be restarted (and they say you don't want to install the programmer's switch... hmph!). I ran Disk First Aid on both the floppy and my hard drive, and a problem was found and fixed on the hard drive. I then ran a hard disk verification test and found no problems. When I tried to copy the floppy again, it hung, and once again Disk First Aid found a problem. I copied from other floppies and from the hard disk, and it worked fine. I copied from the floppy in question to other floppies, and that worked. I even took the floppy to work and copied it to another MacII successfully. I pulled out every init and cdev and tried the copy. No luck. Then, I booted from another disk and tried it. Still no luck. Finally, I copied each file by hand until I got the hang. Then, I put the rest of the files in a StuffIt archive on the hard disk, and then extracted the data into the place I wanted it in the first place, and it worked just fine. Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong? (Don't even think about saying it's a virus -- I check everything before and after it gets loaded.) -- David Elliott ...!pyramid!boulder!stan!dce "Splish splash, I was rakin' in the cash" -- Eno
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!boulder!stan!dce From: dce@stan.UUCP (David Elliott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Hang due to floppy copy Keywords: MacII, System 6.0.2 Message-ID: <580@salgado.stan.UUCP> Date: 13 Mar 89 01:25:04 GMT Reply-To: dce@stan.UUCP (David Elliott) Organization: Solbourne Computer Inc., Longmont, Colorado Lines: 31