Why can't I copy files onto a formatted Hard Drive? Not enough room?

[sadmanonatrain]

Hello all,

Beside me I have a Macintosh SE/30 with a clean install of System Software 7.1 running off a 2.1GB IBM hard drive.

The problem begins when I try to copy a small file from a floppy disk to the hard drive. I am presented with the following error message:

'There is not enough room on the disk ''Macintosh HD'' to copy ''File X'' (an additional  2,040MB is needed.)'

I am not allowed to copy anything to the hard drive!

Has anybody ever experienced this before? 

 

[Macdrone]

Are you sure your not going from hard drive to floppy? If not get info on the hard disk and unlock it.

 

[techknight]

Your partition has to be under 1.9gb. otherwise strange things happen. its showing your trying to transfer a file over 2gb in size. which we all know is not correct

 

[sadmanonatrain]

Is this a limitation of SSW 7.1?

 

[techknight]

I have weird issues like this all the way up to 7.5.5 with appleshare volumes larger than 1.9gb.

 

[olePigeon]

Limitation of old world Macs, perhaps also of 7.1

 

[sadmanonatrain]

Your partition has to be under 1.9gb. otherwise strange things happen. its showing your trying to transfer a file over 2gb in size. which we all know is not correct

That has sorted it; Thanks!