Re: more on "Finder requires... 300K"

[shrinkit@Apple.COM (Andrew Nicholas)]

In article <1992Oct29.130953.1934@actrix.gen.nz> David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:

>Does Finder generate that error message when its StartUpTools call
>fails (for whatever reason)?  Andy?  Dave?

Finder puts up that dialog for lots of reasons:

o If the Finder can't allocate enough zero-page space for its tools and
  private zero pages.
o If the Finder couldn't allocate enough memory for its internal icon
  manager.
o If the Finder's resource fork can't be opened.
o If Startup tools fails for any reason other than System 6 was required.
o If the Finder can't allocate the 24k and 16k blocks it needs for its
  Out-Of-Memory (OOM) queue.

I had planned to put more descriptive messages into the Finder for each
possible situation, but we ran out of disk space towards the end of System 6.

andy

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