Applies to

Mac OS

Version(s)

9.x

Error String

Volume cannot be found

Component

AppleShare

How to Reproduce the Problem

Log on to an Appleshare server (NT, Mac or other) and check the “mount volume at startup” box. Then shut down the server, and restart the Mac.

Symptoms

A user running OS 9 checked “Mount volume on startup” for an Appleshare volume that doesn't exist anymore because it has been renamed.

Now the dialog box which indicates the volume can't be found keeps showing up at boot time. Deleting Appleshare Prep (which usually solves this problem) didn’t fix it.

Causes and Workarounds

It seems that in OS9 the information is no longer stored in the Appleshare Prep file, rather, an alias is created in the “Servers" folder inside “System Folder”. Drag the unwanted alias to the Trash.

Permanent Fix

See above.

Technical Contact(s)

Richard Brooks

Date Submitted

18 May 2000