Re: HFS.FST BUG ?

[crownmi@zot.io.org (Myles Fudge)]

In article <31D935E7.167E@vbo.mts.dec.com>,
Erik GACHOT  <erik.gachot@vbo.mts.dec.com> wrote:
>I just read the July Genie and I found an article concerning
>the HFS.FST patch Problem. And it seems that I also get the Problem.
>>>NEW, IMPROVED HFS.FST BUG?:I have uncovered what appears to be a bug in
>>>error, the folder has been corrupted that it was copying into. The folder
>>>can no longer be deleted from Finder. This has happened twice. Also, it
>>>happened with a 281MB partition on the M-O drive.
>>>     My question is, can anyone else duplicate this? With a smaller
>>>partition? With something other than HFS? (I have nbever seen it happen
>>>     I would be interested in hearing anything about this.	
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>	I have a IIgs with a RamFAST and a 400 Mg HD, 3 32Mg partitions, and
>	2 HFS Partitions. On one of my HFS partition I have a Folder 
>	That I can't delete, I get 'Protection/Permission Denied' Strange
>	I'm not sure that's the same problem but it seems to be. I get
>	ths strange problem after installing the HFS patches. My HFS partitions
>		-Erik Gachot.

Heh, heh, heh...  Welcome to the world of the undocumented HFS.FST 
(patched, or not patched, it's the same crap).

I am definetly no stranger to this error.  I have duplicated it so many 
times that I totally gave up on using large HFS volumes, and now I'm very
uncomfortable with an HFS volume of any size on my GS.  My 
pain-in-the-ass experience wasn't limited to just a couple error 
messages, either.  I just got so sick of it that I didn't even bother 
posting about it any longer, and just gave up on the issue.  IMO, you're 
better with a screenfull of 32mb ProDOS partitions than corrupt HFS 
volumes that force you to continually reformat your entire hard drive.
The ProDOS volumes are way faster and infinetly more stable.
-- 
Myles Fudge  (crownmi@io.org)
http://www.io.org/~crownmi/pleasure.html