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From: kempkec@mist.cs.orst.edu (Christopher Kempke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: System 7.0 disk mod problem
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Date: 19 May 91 01:03:20 GMT
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	Greetings.  I'm trying to avoid calling Apple's tech support
	900 number at $2 a minute.  Hopefully this problem is common
	enough to justify spending the net's money instead of mine...

	I installed System 7.0 (obtained from my local user's group)
	without a hitch, and rebooted.  Everything works fine, except
	that ONE of the (hard) partitions on my external hard drive
	doesn't want to behave.  Not only can I not paste an icon onto it
	(paste is still greyed in the edit menu), but I can't even change
	it's name!  Rebuilding desktops, running Disk first aid, etc
	has been unhelpful.  All my other drives are fine, even other
	partitions on the external drive.  Anyone have a clue what's up?
	The drive in question is _not_ my system disk.  It had (and still
	has) no problems under 6.0.7.

	Also, compatibility checker freezes trying to read the
	partition past the "broken" one, under 6.0.7 and 7.0.

	My system:  Mac IIcx, 40 meg (apple) internal, 80 meg (cutting
	edge) external, 8 meg memory.  No unusual peripherals.

	Clues?
			--Chris