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From: tribby@hpindwa.cup.hp.com (David Tribby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: The folder that is (isn't) there
Message-ID: <54240030@hpindwa.cup.hp.com>
Date: 16 Apr 91 21:46:54 GMT
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carnahan@inljeff.den.mmc.com (Rich Carnahan) writes...
>       ...  I was resizing some windows on my IIGS and one of the    
> folders on my HD would not open.  The message window appeared and
> read, "Please insert disk MAGELLAN".  Now MAGELLAN is the name
> of (you guessed it) my HD.  

What kind of a hard disk do you have? I've seen a similar problem
with my 20mb Sider (D2 model, I believe). Several times, I've
been in the middle of something only to have a screen pop up and
say "Please insert /HARDA," which is my boot-up hard drive. When
I push the "try again" button, it will sometimes work, but other
times it will overwrite a directory block (usually in /HARDA/SYSTEM)
with the first /HARDA directory block...a rather nasty result that
requires zeroing out the /HARDA directory and reloading. Now when I
see the "Please insert" message, I reboot the system. Better to lose
what I'm in the middle of doing rather than the whole partition!

You may want to use the Finder's "Verify" (or is it "Validate"?; my GS 
is at home...) command on /MAGELLAN. That will tell you whether there
is anything funny about your directory structure. If you have APDA's
latest addition to the APW tools, use the utility included there to
check your volume. It will tell you if there are any conflicts between
blocks marked "in-use" and blocks actually used by files.

-- Dave Tribby