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From: urlichs@iraun1.ira.uka.de (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Using the Desktop Manager- are there problems with large volumes?
Summary: DT Manager - No Problems (?)
Message-ID: <692@iraun1.ira.uka.de>
Date: 15 Nov 88 10:19:34 GMT
References: <965@ccnysci.UUCP>
Reply-To: urlichs@iraun1.UUCP (Matthias Urlichs)
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, W.-Germany
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In article <965@ccnysci.UUCP> alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen) writes:
>
>I have not used the Desktop Manager in the past because I heard (from a
>source I considered reliable) that it would quickly crash & burn on
>disks 80 MB or larger, taking the disk with it. However, I have since
>heard from several people that it works fine. Therefore, I would like to
>hear from anyone who has either
>1) Used the DTM successfully with large disks, or
>2) Had serious problems with the DTM.

Crash&burn occurs on big HDs _without_ the Desktop Manager because the
old Desktop file consists of resources and when the finder puts more
and more of these into the Desktop file, it gets full... Spectacular
crash & bang. Might kill some data but not the whole HD.

With DTM I did not encounter any problems. I do have to rebuild the
desktop file sometimes because restoring programs from backup doesn't
get them registered in the DT file(s) but that occurs with the "old"
method too.

What I would like to get from Apple is an upgraded version which lets me
unmount volumes and such. And I'd rather not wait for System 7.0 or whatever.

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