Re: HFS bug in System 6.0?

[schultp@wl.com (Paul Schultz)]

In article <1993Jan31.203451.29454@cheshire.oxy.edu> prophet@cheshire.oxy.edu (Dale B. LaFountain) writes:
>
>On a related note, I have been having problems with the HFS.fst.  For
>example, I have downloaded several megs of Macintosh files to my gs
>from the net, copied the files onto HFS floppies, and brought them to
>work with me.  It turns out that only about half of the files with
>copy onto my IIsi's hd at work without claiming a 'Disk Error has
>occured'.  I know for a fact that these files are ok, since I used
>gscii+ to un-binhex them just to make sure. ...... 
>
>Does anyone know of any reported bugs on this yes?  Or have I possibly
>discovered a new one??!!
>

Well, if you have your files on a HFS diskette and try to use GSCII+
to un-binhex them, you will get errors.  There is a bug in the HFS FST
which pops up when a program uses "new-line" mode  (This is probably
the wrong way to describe this but I'm not a GS/OS guru) when reading
from an HFS disk.  GSCII+ uses this mode.  To avoid this bug, use GSCII+
while the files are on a ProDOS volume. THEN, copy them over to the
HFS disk. (This problem also crops up for un-binscii under the same
FST conditions).

If you aren't using GSCII+ under these conditions then your error is
probably something else!! 

I hope this helps.  I'm sure someone will elaborate on the bug I've
mentioned.

schultp@wl.com

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