Re: [WinMac] B&W Server Icons

Curtis Wilcox(cwcx[at]mail.rochester.edu)
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:02:04 -0500

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At 07:14 AM 01/17/2000 -0600, Jeff Wechter wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have NT4SP5 + SFM running on an old Alpha with 2 Mac volumes. Both
>volumes' icons are showing up on the Macs' desktops as black and white
>icons, where they were once in color. I ran DSKCHK and the directories
>were rebuilt, but the colorless icons persist. Both volumes are over 80%
>full, and I suspect that this is the cause of the loss of color. Hopefully
>as we trim the contents, the colors will return, but I'm also curious if
>anyone has an official explanation for this phenomenon, or if they've seen
>it before.

Every Mac Volume has an ICON file at it's root. The creation date will be
whenever the volume was created (or rebuilt?) but the Last Modified date
seems to always be 10/14/1996. It has zero K in the data fork but I assume
it contains the volume's icon in the resource fork. I don't have a Mac
handy to test this. You could try creating a new volume and if it has a
color icon, copy its ICON file to the volumes experiencing the problem.

-- Curtis Wilcox cwcx@ats.rochester.edu Desktop Systems Consultant 716/274-1160 Eastman School of Music Pager: x12-3290

At 07:14 AM 01/17/2000 -0600, Jeff Wechter wrote:

Hello,

I have NT4SP5 + SFM running on an old Alpha with 2 Mac volumes. Both volumes' icons are showing up on the Macs' desktops as black and white icons, where they were once in color. I ran DSKCHK and the directories were rebuilt, but the colorless icons persist. Both volumes are over 80% full, and I suspect that this is the cause of the loss of color. Hopefully as we trim the contents, the colors will return, but I'm also curious if anyone has an official explanation for this phenomenon, or if they've seen it before.

Every Mac Volume has an ICON file at it's root. The creation date will be whenever the volume was created (or rebuilt?) but the Last Modified date seems to always be 10/14/1996. It has zero K in the data fork but I assume it contains the volume's icon in the resource fork. I don't have a Mac handy to test this. You could try creating a new volume and if it has a color icon, copy its ICON file to the volumes experiencing the problem.

Curtis Wilcox cwcx@ats.rochester.edu

Desktop Systems Consultant 716/274-1160

Eastman School of Music Pager: x12-3290

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