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- From: meyergru@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Uwe Meyer-Gruhl)
- Subject: Re: CD-ROM causes system panic
- Keywords: Upgrade bug
- Followup-To: comp.sys.next.hardware
- References: <Bz64Lt.9z1@world.std.com> <1992Dec14.130658.4752@cyantic.com>
- Originator: meyergru@hpradigc.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
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- Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 09:00:21 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.090021.10155@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
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- In article <1992Dec14.130658.4752@cyantic.com>, mark@cyantic.com (Mark T. Dornfeld) writes:
- |> In article <Bz64Lt.9z1@world.std.com> ferguson@world.std.com (Jon E Ferguson) writes:
- |> >When I mount the Jewel of the Matrix CR-ROM, the Workspace refuses to
- |> >show me any of the files. When I look at it from a terminal window,
- |> >I can get directory listings, but they are messed up: There is no
- |> >".." directory, instead there is a directory named "?". The rest
- |> >of the files in a directory are all lowercase, and truncated after
- |> >a dozen characters or so.
- |> >
- |> >The fun part is, if I try to read any of the files in any way, I
- |> >get a system panic.
- |> >
- |> >At first I though it was just a messed up disk (though I found this hard
- |> >to believe). Then I tried mounting an old Next Demonstration Software
- |> >CD-ROM (Q3 1991), and as soon as the system mounted it, I got a system
- |> >panic.
- |> >
- |> >I am able to read my 3.0 and Educational Software Sampler CD-ROMs
- |> >just fine, so I am inclined to believe it has something to do with
- |> >the format of the other two disks (Rock-Ridge extensions perhaps?).
- |> >
- |> >Has anyone else been having trouble reading specific CD-ROMs?
- |> >Has anyone else ordered the Jewel of the Matrix CD-ROM, and were
- |> >you able to read it?
- |>
- |> I have tried reading several CD's for Sun with no success. The Workspace
- |> just spits them back out with no information as to why.
- |>
- |> I have seen much discussion, but little good information concerning this
- |> problem.
- |> --
- |>
- |> Mark T. Dornfeld Voice: (416) 234-9048
- |> CYANTIC Systems Facsimile: (416) 234-0477
- |> 101 Subway Crescent Suite 2103 Email: mark@cyantic.com
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- Yep, that's a know bug with Upgrade_3.0.app. It doesn't copy the
- CDROM.fs correctly. Just copy that over from your NeXTSTEP 3.0 CD,
- and you are done. This bug does not turn up with the NS CD itself,
- since it has a NeXT filesystem on it, not an ISO type.
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- cheers, Uwe
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- Uwe Meyer-Gruhl Confucius say:
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