On Feb 24, 2006, at 10:47 AM, AB wrote:
I have too much on my plate to be messing with my computer
today... but I did anyway.
Currently must leave house soon for two days but can't properly
eject FW volume and"system" volume from a disk image from an old
system. The dmg volume was a back-up from my old ibook that is
dead. I opened it in my new ibook to see if I could copy apps and
other data. Apparently it's hung up on permissions or something.
It's not the volume I'm booted from so why can't I eject it?
Ownership says it's my username but all access is greyed out. I
attempted to change ownership to "system" and some other things
for experiment but wouldn't let me (got error message). So
everything is still the same. Doesn't matter if I have it locked
or unlock, and "ignore ownership" ticked or not. Will not eject
and therefore can't eject the external FW drive either because it
says it's in use.
I don't have time for this crap today! I do not want to imprperly
shut down my firewire BU drive... too many important things on it.
Numerous programs, Preview is one of them, will prevent a volume
from ejecting properly if they're still running and you opened a
file on the volume previously.
Sometimes you get 'stale' file locks, where the system thinks a
file is open and isn't.
Shutting down will properly close everything out.
I also find Spotlight indexing causes non-ejectable volumes from time
to time, but if the machine does shut down properly, you should be
fine. Chances are so long as no writing is going on and they're
journalled volumes you wouldn't have any trouble if it didn't shut
down properly and you had to force power off anyway.
Jason
--
G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...
Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives |
-- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! |
Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html>
G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml>
--> AOL users, remove "mailto:";
Send list messages to: <mailto:g-list@mail.maclaunch.com>
To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/>
iPod Accessories for Less
at 1-800-iPOD.COM
Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal
www.1800ipod.com
