Paul,
I have no specific knowledge about Apple networking, however I have seen my
share of corruption problems caused by defective NICs and/or NIC drivers.
So, you may be on the correct path.
If the problem continues, you may want to run recover on your block
libraries and base drawings to make sure that they have not become corrupt
and causing latent problems.
If problems persist, do the recovery clean up process again and try storing
files on a Windows system. If the problem goes away going to the Windows
system, you should escalate this to your Apple networking support source.
Good Luck
Jerry Milana,
Autodesk Product Support
"Paul Griffith"
wrote in message
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> Hello Everyone
>
> Well I just started on as system admin., and I am trying to fix a lot of
> problems. We have about 40 Auto Cad R14.01 (with SMB Patch) users
> running
> Windows NT SP6a with 128 MB of ram, swap file set to 512 MB on the D
> drive. NT is installed on the C Drive. Users are using DLINK 10/100
> 530TX/530TX+ NICs. The server is a Macintosh G3 running Appleshare IP
> v6.3 w/ MacOS 9.0.4 which support SMB clients. What happens to a few
> users is that all of the .bak files and the dwg file they are currently
> working on become corrupted.
> error messages include:
>
> !smio, unhandled access violation exception, and cpio
>
> It doesn't happen to a lot of people just to one project.
>
> Our network consists of:
> - Mac G3 Server w MacOS 9.0.4 + ASIP v6.3
> - 4 x 24 port 10/100 switches
>
> I have one person with a bad network driver/card, and removed them from
> the network. It is possible that they may have been corrupting files on
> the file server. I know they are issues with ASIP v6.3 and SMB clients.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Paul Griffith - pgriffith@ajddsco.com
> System Administrator
> A.J. Diamond, Donald Schmitt & Company
> Architects and Planners
> 2 Berkeley Street, Suite 600
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
> Tel: 416.862.8800 Fax: 416.862.5508