Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!boulder!stan!dce
From: dce@stan.UUCP (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Hang due to floppy copy
Keywords: MacII, System 6.0.2
Message-ID: <580@salgado.stan.UUCP>
Date: 13 Mar 89 01:25:04 GMT
Reply-To: dce@stan.UUCP (David Elliott)
Organization: Solbourne Computer Inc., Longmont, Colorado
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I was trying to copy some software onto my hard disk from a floppy, and
every time I got to a certain point, the system hung and had to be
restarted (and they say you don't want to install the programmer's
switch... hmph!).

I ran Disk First Aid on both the floppy and my hard drive, and a
problem was found and fixed on the hard drive.  I then ran a hard disk
verification test and found no problems.

When I tried to copy the floppy again, it hung, and once again Disk
First Aid found a problem.  I copied from other floppies and from the
hard disk, and it worked fine.  I copied from the floppy in question to
other floppies, and that worked.  I even took the floppy to work and
copied it to another MacII successfully.

I pulled out every init and cdev and tried the copy.  No luck.  Then, I
booted from another disk and tried it.  Still no luck.

Finally, I copied each file by hand until I got the hang.  Then, I put
the rest of the files in a StuffIt archive on the hard disk, and then
extracted the data into the place I wanted it in the first place, and
it worked just fine.

Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong?  (Don't even think
about saying it's a virus -- I check everything before and after it
gets loaded.)

-- 
David Elliott		...!pyramid!boulder!stan!dce
"Splish splash, I was rakin' in the cash"  -- Eno