Re: Help, my directory is damaged

[ag471@yfn.ysu.edu (Eric S. Ford)]

>
>The directory seems to be damaged on the main partition of my hard drive. 
>My GS boots and runs but it won't let me save files to the partition or
>throw them away.  I've ordered Bakkup so I can back up my HD, reformat it
>and resore it.  I don't trust the Archiver that came with 6.0 and don't
>like the one that came with Apple's SCSI card.
>

Two probably unnecessary questions but...
 
1.  Have you exceeded the 51 file limit in the root directory?
 
2.  Have you used any utility that might have right protected the
files you are trying to delete?
 
I am learning to look for the simplest solution first.
 
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Eric S. Ford    ag471@yfn.ysu.edu