[WinMac] Re :More Errors Server Troubles

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 22:05:24 -0500

>Restarted the server. Last icon displayed on startup was a ?-, and once
>the server is up and running, on the control strip there is an icon that
>looks like two documents side by side that has a red "x" through them.
> Sounds are still emitting.

Theresa:

If I remember correctly, the double-paged icon with the x through it is
the Location Manager Control Strip. No big deal. Unless it's a powerbook
or you move the Mac around a lot (doesn't sound like it since it's
running Appleshare) or you have very different configuration settings
(like the need for different IP addresses, etc) you don't need Location
Manager. I just disable the control strip for it (and all other control
strips I don't use) and forget about it.

What model mac is it? From what you've discribed, you could be having
more serious problems than just extensions conflicts. Have you updated
the hard disk drivers BEFORE you installed Mac OS 8.5? This is a big deal
with OS 8.5. And don't use the version of Drive Setup that came with the
8.5 CD-ROM, use the latest version that you download from Apple's web
site.
     If you updated (or formatted) the (drive) driver with Hard disk
Toollkit then you'll want to get the latest version of HDT which is 3.5
and update the driver.

What version of Norton are you using? For OS 8.5 you'll want 4.01 at
least, nothing earlier than that will work properly, it goes through the
motions and shows a whole bunch of bogus errors.

Is your drive formatted with HFS+? Is it an IDE drive or SCSI? Do you
have more than one internally?
Do you have anything on your SCSI chain? You wouldn't believe the amount
of problems a duplicate SCSI ID can give you, or a badly terminated SCSI
chain.
(quick reminder: every SCSI chain has to be terminated at the very first
device, usually your internal hard drive with SCSI ID 0 which will have
built-in termination via some pins on the drive, and at the very last
device.)

If you're running OS 8.5, run and get the free upgrade to 8.5.1!

As far as resources for these problems, the unbeatable king of the hill
is www.macfixit.com. You'll find more than you ever wanted to know about
every Mac hiccups there but in a concise, easy to use manner. Ted Landau
(it's his web site) also published a very good book called "Sad Macs,
Bombs and other Disasters". And about the only thing not covered in it
are San Francisco earthquakes.

to stay current you can't beat www.macintouch.com

To troubleshoot estensions conflicts, get Conflict Catcher, no serious
mac user should be without it. And to find out what each little extension
does on your Mac (a very usefull thing, believe it or not) you can get a
copy of InformINIT, shareware.

It is true that most Mac problems come from software (usually extension
conflicts, etc) than from hardware, but once in a while you do get
misbehaving hardware, especially lately that Apple has moved to making
cheaper machines to be able to compete.

I still wouldn't trade my Mac for anything else out there though :)

Hope this helps.

(You can email me direclty with answers to the questions above or more
questions if you want, so as not to disturb the whole list, if you feel
the topics are a little beyond scope).

Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com

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