> John Koen of ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on 10/22/02 9:20 PM: > > Hi, Gail > > I remember this problem. I'm running only OS X now, so the memory is > fading, but I had the problem only on my Beige G3, never on my Pismo. > In the indexing preferences, you should uncheck all the languages you > don't need. If you have more than one language checked and it still > takes a long time, try unchecking everything except English (assuming > you're running the OS in English, of course). If that doesn't help, > hopefully someone else will speak up, but I assume you could trash FBC > Indexing preferences (if it exists; I'm really out on a limb at this > point). Deleting Sherlock preferences might interfere with your > Sherlock settings, custom search thingies, etc. If you don't have any, > then I guess that would be safe. But I think I remember FBC Indexing > prefs. > > It still took a long time on the Beige (233 Mhz), but it was manageable.
Hi John: Thank you for letting me know the enormous amount of time is not unheard of. Yes, I only had "English" checked as the only language. And the partition is only 4.3 gig with, I think, about 3.7 of it used (I'd hate to see how long it would take for someone who had a 20 or 40 gig HD!) Like I said, after 16 hours, it still said 85 hours to go :-/ which is about four entire days! If you "stop" it to use the computer, then you have to start the Indexing all over from scratch. Also, I noticed the Help Guide said you can not have the computer go to "sleep" while it is indexing, so I turned off 'sleep.' However, I did turn on the "Night Fall" screen-saver. I wonder if that affected it in any way? I wouldn't think so. At this point I doubt I will ever really fully "index" this HD. I just wondered about the time factor. Thanks for sharing your experience! Best regards, Gail ------- > On Tuesday, October 22, 2002, at 04:28 PM, BGbytes wrote: >> A time or two I was going to make use of the FBC Indexing of the HD as found >> via the Sherlock 2. But because it takes forever, I never finish. I tried >> again Monday thru Tuesday, and I let it run 16 hours... >> >> My curiosity question is: Rather than the amount of "time remaining" to >> complete the job getting smaller, the time keeps getting higher. > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:G-Books-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:G-Books-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
