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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Can't reconstruct the Desktop file on a Mac II
Message-ID: <10691@duke.cs.duke.edu>
Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 15:31:46 EST
Article-I.D.: duke.10691
Posted: Tue Nov 24 15:31:46 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Nov-87 05:05:39 EST
Organization: Duke University CS Dept.; Durham, NC
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Keywords: Desktop file, Mac II

I am having trouble reconstructing my Desktop on a Mac II (5 megabytes
of memory, Apple Color monitor, MultiFinder/Finder 6.0, System 4.2, etc.)
using the old trick of holding down the option and command keys upon
rebooting the machine.

The problem arose from what seems to be a bug in PCPC HFS-Backup 2.0, in
which files restored to a Mac II had lost information about what application
they were associated with (thus MacDraw documents appeared just as documents
in the Finder window and double clicking on a MacDraw document would not
open up MacDraw even though both were in the same folder).

Anyhow, upon trying to reconstruct the desktop, the machine would do
some processing and then give an error message "Can't finish reconstructing
desktop, out of memory". This struck me as absurd since the Finder showed
nearly 3.5 megabytes of free memory. The same problem arose when using
2 bit grey-scale mode or 256 color mode. This all was done when Multifinder
was being used as the Startup application.

Does anyone know what is going on or how to fix this? Also, I would caution
people in using HFS-Backup 2.0 in transferring files from a non-Mac II to
a Mac II. I will summarize response to the net that are directly mailed
to me.