Re: [NTLK] Un-deletable Package Lockup

Well first off I would suggest backing up with Simon Bell's NCX:
http://homepage.mac.com/simonbell/
the program is not finished yet but from what I hear it will do a backup
and restore which is what you need right now.

Do your backup first before anything else. Then I would try using
something like trash pack something similar to delete the package (left
over preferences are not a issue here). Another thing to try is SBM
utilities. That will fix it if it is possible. But don't install to
the store that you deleted the package from. Install to another card or
internal, then try to fix. If you install to the same store
(card/internal) it may make the problem worse.

http://www.softwarebueromueller.de/englisch/newton/sbmutils/index.htm

If this does not help then do a restore using NCX (but without Book
Reader). I suspect that you will have to do a restore as this problem
of a half-removed package is serious and you don't want the corruption
to possibly spread.

I will say it is odd you had this problem with Bernie's Book Reader as I
have used it along with a lot of his other software and never had a
issue like this. Sounds like some unusual corruption in general rather
than the Book Reader package itself.

-Dan

On 3/22/2007 12:53 PM, Pete Glaze wrote:
> Hey all. I'm having a problem with a package that only partially
> deleted and now locks up my MP 2100 whenever I reset.
>
> Last week I tried out Bernie's Book Reader and after playing with it a
> little I realized I was never going to use it, so I tried to delete it.
> I thought I had succeeded and continued working, but the next time I
> performed a reset the Newt locked up when starting up the packages from
> my flash card. I reset again while making the flash card inactive and
> discovered the Bernie's Book Reader was still there. In icon view it's
> visible with an X over it but will not delete (I get an 10011 error
> message); in list view it's a blank line which cannot be selected at
> all.
>
> I've tried deleting the pref and using various Soup editors (stewpot,
> etc.) to go in and delete the package and I can't find anything to get
> rid of, but it still locks up my newt whenever I boot with the flash
> card inserted.
>
> I'd like to backup and restore packages, but I've only got a mac
> running OS X 10.3.9 without Classic. My MP2100 and my 4mb flash card
> are both 2/3 full so I can't backup the newt to the card. There's some
> software (Like Time Reporter) and drivers (Farallon ethernet and Avaya
> wireless) that I'm afraid I won't be able to reinstall if I delete
> them, since I no longer have the original software anywhere but on the
> newton.
>
> I feel like I'm stuck in a Catch 22 situation. Anybody have any
> suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter Glaze
>
>

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