Re: [WinMac] trouble with drive container files

jeff thorstad(thorstadj[at]macconnect.com)
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 09:48:09 -0600

>Hi folks,
>
>I have been lurking on the list for a few days now and checking the archives
>but I can't seem to find an answer to this problem. I have a 9500/120 with
>the
>Apple 100MHz Pentium card and whenever I try to set one of my drive
>containers to another drive file my Mac crashes with a Finder bus error.
>This
>happens just as the location dialog box comes up. I am able to select a "new
>drive file" at any time, but I can't select "other drive file" for either
>the
>C or D drive. I attempted to trash the "PC Setup Prefs" file, but then I
>couldn't reset my C drive to the existing container. (Good thing I didn't
>empty the Trash!)

It sounds as though something else is corrupted, maybe you should try
reinstalling the finder and DOS compatibility software, not just the
prefs.

>I forgot to mention that I'm running 7.5.5 until I get these problems sorted
>out. I'd like to upgrade to 8.0 or 8.1, but not until I know that I won't
>have
>to reinstall all the PC stuff from scratch. I'm running 24MB of RAM on the
>card and 96MB in the Mac.

I think you should upgrade to 7.6.1, this version is much more stable in
dealing with PC cards.

>Steve DeLance
>Siemens Medical Systems, Inc.

Jeff T
thorstadj@macconnect.com

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