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- From: bbs@theporch.raider.net (Waffle BBS login)
- Subject: Re: **IMPORTANT** System 7.1 Installer bug
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.131236.7973@theporch.raider.net>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 13:12:36 GMT
- References: <1993Jan01.144025.2808744019@ultramac.uucp>
- Organization: MacInteresteds, Nashville's Macintosh User Group
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- bgrubb@dante.nmsu.edu (GRUBB) writes:
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- >When I upgraded from 7.0.1 to 7.1 I discovered something interesting.
- >If you just use the installer to move up to 7.1 (as opposed to a 'clean'
- >install) the installer duplicates the system fonts in both the system FILE and
- >the fonts folder. It also seems to stomp the purgable bit for the fonts
- >duplicated. As a result these fonts are loaded in twice and are not purged
- >from memory, RAM like crazy. When I removed the fonts from the system file
- >and rebooted I gained almost 100K of RAM back and 200MB of Hard disk space
- >from what 7.0.dot had used. When I reinstalled the fonts that had been
- >duplicated the system heap stopped bumping into the application heaps and
- >causing 'There is insufficent memory to keep folder X open.' problem in the
- >finder I had.
-
- Yes, I had the very same problem and it caused me two evenings of grief as I
- straightened everything out. I wasn't sure what happened. All I knew was
- that the system had grown to gigantic proportions and fonts were in all the
- WRONG places. Thanks for your explanation and warning.
-
- -David Anderson
- Nashville TN
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