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Mac OS System Error Codes: 1 to 32767
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Summary
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.
This document applies to Mac OS 9 and earlier.
Products Affected
Mac OS 9.0
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) |
Additional Information
| 9804 | Mac OS System Error Codes: -299 to -5553 |
| 9805 | Mac OS System Error Codes: 0 to -261 |
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