cant copy files

[a_liping_dante]

i have just an HDD upgrade on my iBook and partitioned as follows:
100 MB - bootstrap partition ( for linux)
1 GB - swap (for linux)
10 GB - Mac OS X partition (HFS+)
5 GB - Mac OS 9 partition (HFS)
10 GB - separate partition [i named it DATA] for files (HFS)
7+ GB - linux partition (ext3)

my problem is when i log on MacOSX (10.2.5) and copy files from network/local HD to my DATA partition i encounter error message and file copy process cannot be done,... when i log on MacOS9 (chinesse version --do you have any idea how can i make it on english?) file copy is ok, log on my linux (Debian GNU/Linux), file copy is OK.

[michaelsanford]

1 gigabyte swap!

Ok, that aside, you should be able to write to HFS file systems with OS X. I presume you are using the Finder to copy files?

In OS X, what is the exact error message you are receiving? Does it say you do not have permission to write, or does it say something else?

If it is a permission problem, you can select the partition on your desktop and type COMMAND-I, and then check Ignore Permissions on this Volume, or just give yourself rwx on the volume.

[a_liping_dante]

...i already have read/write permission but i keep on having this error message

[billbaloney]

Oh I love that problem! It's so descriptive, isn't it? Even Apple doesn't have a good explanation for it, although they do suggest a workaround.

It's always a good idea in OS X to switch to the command line to manipulate files when the Finder starts getting whiny.

[a_liping_dante]

...thanks man, working on command-line is no problem with me for i am a linux user, i just wonder maybe thers is something wrong with my MacOSX system
...more to say my gf hates when she use my notebook and has this pop-up

[a_liping_dante]

Originally posted by billbaloney
Oh I love that problem! It's so descriptive, isn't it? Even Apple doesn't have a good explanation for it, although they do suggest a workaround.

...that workaround pertains on remote copy, sorry if the image i attached is the error i encounter when i try to copy on network share, i thought error message is the same... this error message i was talking is also encountered even i copy file from my desktop to my "Data partition".. i will attach another snapshot to make it clear.
...sorry for making confusion.

[billbaloney]

In my experience, error -50 is the generic, monolithic permissions error. I interpret error -50 this way: "There may be something wrong with your permissions, or you may have simply run into one of those situations where the Mac interface has conflicted with the BSD underpinnings. Please switch to the command line."

Now, there might be a larger problem you need to address -- that's entirely possible. But error -50 to me means that I have to bypass the Finder for this particular task.

It's like when you try to empty the trash and you get obscure locked-file or file-in-use-by-an-app-that's-clearly-not-running errors. So you have a file that says something like

#!/bin/sh
sudo chflags -R nouchg ~/.Trash/*
sudo rm -R ~/.Trash

and go on with your life.

[Rhino_G3]

Originally posted by michaelsanford
1 gigabyte swap!

Just out of curiosity what's so out of the norm about this? In most Linux installations you'll want twice as much swap as you have physical RAM. I currently have a 2Gb drive doing my swap.