What does this folder do? (and one more question)

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  1. Nuks, Dec 7, 2006

    Nuks macrumors 6502a

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    I'm using Grand Perspective to see where all my space is going, and I have a folder (or file) taking up a gig. It's called "private/var/vm/sleepimage.

    Anyone have any idea what it does?


    Also, one more quick question, if I get a hardware error when burning a VIDEO_TS folder, does it mean there's a problem with the file?
    It works fine to watch it from the harddrive.

    Thanks.
     
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  2. Benjamin, Dec 7, 2006

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    well the VM folder is the virtual memory folder, so the sleepimage is probably the exchange file for storing RAM contents when put to sleep, but I don't really know, just sounds like it. Anyway you should be messing with things in those hidden folders since many if not all are needed to run OS X.

    ** seems im right about storing RAM contents during sleep with the new feature in Tiger, safe sleep. http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2006/10/sleepmode/index.php
     
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  3. thejadedmonkey, Dec 7, 2006

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    guessing here, the sleepimage file is for your mac when it goes into hibernate. It saves the contents of RAM onto the hard drive somewhere, most likely at "private/var/vm/sleepimage". do you by any chance have a gig of ram?

    2nd.. it could be a corrupt ISO. Plenty of times I can play mp3's on iTunes that won't play if I transfer them to my cellphone. Try a different ISO that you know works, to rule out a hardware issue. Or try re-making the ISO if at all possible..
     
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  4. Nuks, Dec 7, 2006

    Nuks thread starter macrumors 6502a

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    Yeah, I've got a gig of ram. Thanks for that, both of you.

    As for the 2nd question, I know it's not a hardware issue, as I am able to burn other disks fine. Is there anything I can do save downloading the file again? Other people have been able to burn it. How do I remake an ISO?
     
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  5. mkrishnan, Dec 7, 2006

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    With what are you trying to burn? You can "remake" the ISO in the sense that you can extract the files from it and then put them in a new disk image. Try making a new DVD disk image from Disk Utility, mount it and the ISO, and then drag the _ts folders from the ISO to the DMG.

    Then try burning the DMG.
     
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