Ken wrote:
>One thing I have hated about UNIX is its
>susceptibility to directory damage in the case of crashes and and
>power interruptions. (For instance: OS X permits the
>command-control-Power key restart, but here is Apple"s warning: Don't
>do it!) We all better get used to checking for OS X directory damage
>on a regular basis, more than we would ever have worried about under
>Classic.

I would trade a single app bringing down the machine for this kind of
thing, any time. That -is- the supposed great advantage of OS-X after all.
But it seems to come with a hidden dark side of lethal directory damage.

Directory damage and a kernel panic seems much worse that any crash just
requiring a restart , I don't think this is great progress. I have had to
really work at hosing my directories with the normal OS's, or other Apps
have done it for me, like a Poser rendering file and low free disk space.
I'm sceeeered.

>The only other advice I have concerns mindset:
>
>Under Classic, the user owns the machine.
>
>Under OS X, the OS owns the machine.


Icky. : (

But I guess we are stuck with it.

Thanks much for the Disk Warrior tips...I was worried about handling that
kind of thing when the time comes for me.

I hope my other favorite, Data Rescue has been updated also, or that it
still works.

Backing up nowadays is really a task given the huge sizes of the drives.
Can't use  a Zip drive anymore...and my ORB drive fried leaving me with 12
gigs of useless much now unless I want to go spend another $150 for a new
one that probably won't read the disk anyway...bad hardware they turned out
to have.


rc