Dan, what is the difference between using cp and ditto when transferring large amounts of files like the OP is doing?
On Mar 27, 1:29 pm, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: > At 11:12 AM -0700 3/27/2010, John Carmonne wrote: > > >On Mar 27, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Dan wrote: > > > At 7:32 AM -0700 3/27/2010, John Carmonne wrote: > >>> I'm trying to transfer DVD images fro a 1TB drive to a new 2TB > >>>drive the size of the transfer is about 560 GB i've only been able > >>>to move about 235 GB and a lot of the other files choke with a > >>>finder error, I'm sure the files are OK because they play?? > > >> Finder chokes on complicated tasks. Use CCC or ditto instead. > > >> Check your system and console logs - could be that Finder is > >>choking because of some sort of hard error on the drive. > > >I really wish I knew what to look for in the Console and System > >logs. Can you give me a hint? > > Error messages citing the HD during the time you were doing the copy. > Could be any of a bazillion things, depending on the type of failure. > > When you start having these types of problems... Launch Console and > view the system log. Hide it. When the problem occurs, bring > Console forward and take a look at what's new in the window. Use the > Clear and Mark buttons freely -- they put time stamps into the > window, so you can tell what's new more easily. Everything in > Console is read-only - so you're not going to damage any logs etc. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
