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    Mac OS System Error Codes: 1 to 32767
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2/25/92
5/19/99

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    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.


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    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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