Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Mac OS 8 and netatalk volumes--jumpy Finder windows
From: Jamie Unwin (jamie@webmedia.com)
Date: Fri Aug 08 1997 - 06:18:36 EDT
We are having the same problems with netatalk on Solaris.
At 2:48 PM -0700 7/8/97, Michael May wrote:
>I have seen this problem mentioned once or twice, but have seen no
>response/solution. Perhaps it is rare? Anyway, here's the problem:
>
>Under Mac OS 8, and linux netatalk 1.4b2, Finder windows displaying files
>on a netatalk volume are "jumpy". The total number of files will show
>correctly, then 10 sec later will briefly jump up about 20%, then back
>down, and repeat every 10 secs or so... Some of the files are listed twice
>when the total file number jumps up. These file "duplicates" then disappear
>when the file number listing goes back to normal.
>
>This behavior is seen on a 2GB netatalk volume with a total of several
>thousand files. The root directory, however, has only 90 or so "items,"
>which then jump up to about 110 items (the number can vary slightly) when
>the problem occurs.
>
>This problem never occured under OS 7.6. Also, a regular AppleShare volume
>mounted on the same computer (Quadra 610) does not have the problem.
>
>Any clues?
>
>Mike
>
>----------------------------
>Michael May
>San Francisco Estuary Institute
>(510) 231-9539
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