volume settings folder?

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bickett

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i was trying to follow these instructions to update this program i have

the instructions read:

1.open the terminal application
2.type in "rm-r/thevolumesettingsfolder/HFSExtentTables/*"
3.open your system preferences, click the classic logo
4.open the tab "advanced"
5.click the "rebuild desktop" button

i tried to figure this out but..
what and where is this volume settings folder? i'm just guessing the name in the directions is hinting at the title being exclusive to your machine

i even searched for the hfse tables in finder and found nothing

any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks

-nathan
 
I didn't find a folder, but there are two preference files in OS 9 System folder>Preferences
DVDVolume DDB
DVDVolume DDF

There is also Sound Preferences.

What are you installing and what does it do? It might give a hint as to what files it is referring to.
 
Well, fone one, your spacing in that terminal command couldn't possibly be what they told you to type in -- you're missing spaces everywhere.

The corrected terminal command would be:

rm -r /thevolumesettingsfolder/HFSExtentTables/*

I also believe that "theVolumeSettingsFolder" should be capitalized like that, instead of all lowercase. Is that the exact command they told you to type in?
 
yeah it's for waves platinum bundle to fix it so the authorization works for os 10.3
but yeah those are the exact words..
any ideas?
 
the folder you're asked to modify is invisible and cannot be found without searching with invisibility set as a search criterion, but you really don't need to find the file. You should be able to rm the file simply by following EXACTLY the instructions that you already have. If the instructions are correct, the easiest way is to copy and paste the line into the terminal, as it must be exact, including spaces, or it will not work.
there's actually two parts in your 5 steps: one - rm the file; then two - rebuild the Classic desktop file through the Classic pref pane.
 
bickett said:
i'm just guessing the name in the directions is hinting at the title being exclusive to your machine
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TheVolumeSettingsFolder is the actual name of the directory, you do not need to replace that with the name of some other directory containing volume settings. I have seen this directory from time to time (don't remember why anymore) so it should exsist. As mentioned by others, you should be able to just copy and paste the command directly.
 
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