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    Mac OS System Error Codes: 1 to 32767
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9806
2/25/92
3/28/02

TOPIC

    These lists of system error codes and their meanings are maintained with MPW SysErr.a, and in Inside Macintosh Volume VI (c) Addison-Wesley 1991.


DISCUSSION

    Note: Items listed in [brackets] are old result code meanings.

    DS Error Table

    1 dsBusError bus error
    2 dsAddressErr address error
    3 dsIllInstErr illegal instruction error
    4 dsZeroDivErr zero divide error
    5 dsChkErr check trap error
    6 dsOvflowErr overflow trap error
    7 dsPrivErr privilege violation error
    8 dsTraceErr trace mode error
    9 dsLineAErr line 1010 trap error
    10 dsLineFErr line 1111 trap error
    11 dsMiscErr miscellaneous hardware exception error
    12 dsCoreErr unimplemented core routine error
    13 dsIrqErr uninstalled interrupt error
    14 dsIOCoreErr IO Core Error
    15 dsLoadErr Segment Loader Error
    16 dsFPErr Floating point error
    17 dsNoPackErr package 0 not present [List Manager]
    18 dsNoPk1 package 1 not present [Reserved by Apple]
    19 dsNoPk2 package 2 not present [Disk Initialization]
    20 dsNoPk3 package 3 not present [Standard File]
    21 dsNoPk4 package 4 not present [Floating-Point Arithmetic]
    22 dsNoPk5 package 5 not present [Transcendental Functions]
    23 dsNoPk6 package 6 not present [International Utilities]
    24 dsNoPk7 package 7 not present [Binary/Decimal Conversion]
    25 dsMemFullErr out of memory!
    26 dsBadLaunch can't launch file
    27 dsFSErr file system map has been trashed
    28 dsStknHeap stack has moved into application heap
    30 dsReinsert request user to reinsert off-line volume
    31 dsNotThe1 not the disk I wanted (obsolete)
    33 negZcbFreeErr ZcbFree has gone negative
    40 dsGreeting welcome to Macintosh greeting
    41 dsFinderErr can't load the Finder error
    42 shutDownAlert handled like a shutdown error (obsolete)
    43 dsSystemFileErr can't find System file to open (obsolete)
    51 dsBadSlotInt unserviceable slot interrupt
    81 dsBadSANEopcode bad opcode given to SANE Pack4
    84 menuPrgErr happens when a menu is purged
    85 dsMBarNFnd SysErr -- cannot find MBDF
    86 dsHMenuFindErr SysErr -- recursively defined HMenus
    87 dsWDEFnFnd Could not load WDEF
    88 dsCDEFnFnd Could not load CDEF
    89 dsMDEFnFnd Could not load MDEF
    98 dsNoPatch Can't patch for particular Model Mac
    99 dsBadPatch Can't load patch resource
    101 dsParityErr memory parity error
    102 dsOldSystem System is too old for this ROM
    103 ds32BitMode booting in 32-bit on a 24-bit sys
    20000 dsShutDownOrRestart user choice between ShutDown and Restart
    20001 dsSwitchOffOrRestart user choice between switching off and Restart
    20002 dsForcedQuit allow the user to ExitToShell, return if Cancel
    32767 dsSysErr general system error (catch-all used in DSAT)

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Product Area:Mac OS System Software
Category:General OS
Sub Category:General Topics
Keywords:ksts, ktable

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