Technical information

A message says that a disk can’t be ejected because it’s being shared.
m When you have file sharing turned on, you can’t eject disks (other than floppy disks) that were
connected to your computer when you started it up. You can eject the disk by turning off file
sharing in the Sharing Setup control panel. After you’ve ejected the disk, you can turn file sharing
back on.
A message says that file sharing can’t be turned on.
m Make sure AppleTalk is turned on in the Chooser.
m Make sure you have at least 1 MB of available space on your hard disk.
m Some disk-formatting programs don’t work with file sharing. If you use such a program, contact the
manufacturer of the program or the place where you bought it for compatibility information.
m There may be a problem with some of the information your computer uses to start up file sharing.
Follow these steps in order until the problem is solved:
1 Open the Sharing Setup control panel and enter new information in the Owner section. Then try
again to turn on file sharing.
2 Remove the File Sharing folder from the Preferences folder (inside the System Folder). Then
restart the computer and try to turn on file sharing.
3 Reset the PRAM by following the instructions in “The Computer Makes an Unusual Sound at
Startup,” earlier in this chapter. Afterward, make sure to select the correct network type in the
AppleTalk control panel.
4 Remove the Users & Groups data file from the Preferences folder (inside the System Folder).
Restart the computer.
5 Reinstall system software.
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