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List:       netatalk
Subject:    Re: [netatalk-admins] QuarkXPress Files
From:       Marcus <marcus () darena ! co ! nz>
Date:       1999-07-21 0:33:59
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>Marcus wrote:
> >
> > Just out of interest, is anyone out there experiencing random
> > corruptions of QuarkXPress files when working off a netatalk server?
> >
> > We have 2 clients who are using netatalk 1.4b2+asun2.1.3 on Intel 
>RedHat 5.2.
> > They get wicked speeds on 100BaseT, up to 9.1MB/sec, but they seem to
> > have more corrupted quark files than normal...
> >
> > I have checked LF->CR etc...
> >
> > There doesn't seem to be a pattern, except that they get 1 out of 15
> > corrupting....
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > mrad01
>
>Hmmm... you should check the mail arhive. If memory serves me right,
>there have been some troubles with Quark in the past. Part of it was
>that Quark uses persistent dir id:s, something netatalk doesn't support
>(yet). I belive there was a fix for it in some quark update recently.
>You don't mention the Quark version... This could be a problem with
>certain versions of Quark.
>
>This is from memory; I haven't seen the problem myself. You should get
>better answers searching the mail archie at
>http://www.umich.edu/%7Ersug/netatalk/archive/
>
>Hope this helps anyway...
>
>/Palle


Thanks for the ref, but that was to do with links not working 
properly. These files are corrupting and actually freezing the Mac 
when you try to open them. The version is 4.0.4 (current) and 3.3.2r5.

BTW, these machines are in two totally seperate companies....

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