Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!uwvax!titanic.cs.wisc.edu!tonyrich From: tonyrich@titanic.cs.wisc.edu (Anthony Rich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Why do Suitcase II & On Cue forget all? Message-ID: <1991Mar8.085219.13408@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Date: 8 Mar 91 08:52:19 GMT Sender: news@spool.cs.wisc.edu (The News) Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 26 Originator: tonyrich@titanic.cs.wisc.edu I recently dumped my entire hard disk onto a tape, reformatted the hard drive, then restored it from the tape in order to compact the hard disk. When I rebooted, I found to my dismay that Suitcase II had forgotten its list of DA's, fonts, etc. (except for the basic stuff in the System file, of course). The On Cue menu still had its list of applications and documents, but it had forgotten where they all were; the first time I select any one of them, On Cue says "I can't find . If you find it this time, I promise to remember where it is, OK?" It's particularly painful to set up Suitcase II again, since the resource files that used to be open are scattered all over various folders, and there's no "Find Resource" utility that finds the file that a particular resource lives in. It's hard to remember exactly which files used to be open and where they are. Suitcase II and On Cue use special setup files or resources to keep track of what they know, don't they? So why do they forget their stuff after a disk dump/restore? None of the *names* of the files or folders are changed by a dump/restore, only their physical positions on the hard disk. So what gives? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | EMAIL: tonyrich@cs.wisc.edu | The essence of learning is | | Disclaimer: I speak only for myself. | repetition, repetition! | -----------------------------------------------------------------------