Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!apple!keith
From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Using the Desktop Manager- are there problems with large volumes?
Message-ID: <20724@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 16 Nov 88 17:42:02 GMT
References: <965@ccnysci.UUCP> <692@iraun1.ira.uka.de>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <692@iraun1.ira.uka.de> urlichs@iraun1.UUCP (Matthias Urlichs) writes:
>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
>
>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.
>...
>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.
>

There was a bug in the Desktop Manager shipped with AppleShare 1.0 and 1.1 that
caused problems with Desktop files that are larger than a Meg. However, this
problem manifested itself by not allowing one to verify the status of an 
AppleShare volume at startup, and occurred when there were around 8000-12,000
files on disk. I don't know what effects it has on single user systems.

I would also like to mention, again, that Apple does NOT recommend the use of
the Desktop Manager for use outside of AppleShare Server environments. We
never tested it for use on single user systems, and as far as I know, we still
haven't. I would really hate to see someone lose their hard disk becuase they
were using the Desktop Manager.

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