> John Beringer of ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on 10/23/02 4:03 AM: > > Heya, > I can pipe up on this (if only with personal experience). > > I went through the same thing, since I wanted to have my all partitions > (>80GB) "indexed", despite that I remain hazy on the advantages (I believe > you'd still find 98% of all the files your seeking). > > I got through it by really running it day and night until it, the Sherlock > indexing genius, had worked its way through all the files. > > Once, I'd had made it through once, each subsequent time was a lot faster, > often taking only an hour or so. I assume that at that point it keeps the > old index on file and only looks for changes. > > I'd just let it run - but understand how disconcerting it can be. I recall > seeing the time remaining up there around 60+ hours once! > > Good Luck.
Hi John #2! ;-) I think you're right about being able to find most files with "Find" rather than the "content." But I was thinking it might come in "handy" sometime so figured I'd give it another good try... And yes, I now see it would definitely have to literally run "day and night" for about four entire days/nights! (And that's a 4.3 gig. To do your 80 gigs must have taken two weeks!) ;-) OR -- maybe with a faster CPU it would "go faster." In any event, I was glad to read that subsequent indexings would be much faster if I can just get through the first big hurdle. (I suppose it would force me to stay offline for several days and get OTHER stuff done around here... hmmm... maybe that's a good enough reason right there...) ;-) Thanks for "piping up"! Best regards, Gail ----------------- > On 10/22/02 18:20, "John Koen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> 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
