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From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Copying to floppy doesn't correctly check space
Message-ID: <5334@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
Date: 22 Jun 91 21:53:00 GMT
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 A new possible bug in 7.0! What fun.

 I was copying a folder containing 96 items, in 1,415,436 bytes, to a freshly
 formatted HD floppy. The Finder trundled along, never warning about
 insufficent space, until it got close to the end, when it said "the command
 could not be completed because of insufficient space" or something like that.
 I imagine this was because of desktop file update. This is probably something
 that should be taken into account when evaluating space on the destination.

 Funny how all my System 7 problems have been floppy-related (like the
 infinite loop of  "Please insert..." followed by me pressing Command/Dot and
 then "This disk could not be used because it is not in any drive"). Sigh.

 RCL

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