Update:
This aburgh-Disk-Arbitrator doesn’t run on my Tiger machine...
Maybe it’s better like that, because that forensic stuff somehow
looks like dangerous to me.
Thanks anyway; it fits to the thread title, so someone may find it and
find it useful.
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Dan wrote:
Messing around with the disk arbitration can be problematic.
Start here:
http://tinyapps.org/blog/mac/201008170700_mount_disks_read_only_or_disable_automounting.html
Thanks, Dan, looks great!
What problems can come up? In the docs I only found that DiskUtil
doesn't work when that
On Nov 24, 2010, at 5:07 AM, Geke wrote:
I would typically start it before mounting a (Fat32) USB stick or HD
that I only need to read from, and quit it right after.
That seems better for the file system than the Clean up non-Mac
disks util I am using so far, just before unmounting them.
At 9:50 AM -0700 11/24/2010, Bruce Johnson wrote:
Flash drives should be viewed as temporary or convenience storage
ONLY. NEVER have the only copy of a file on one, because they do
fail and fail unpredictably.
Unless you're doing a hollywood thing and your last-century lamo plot
requires
Yes, that's a good point in this context.
Remember what everyone told you about floppies?: Don't carry them in
your shirt pocket! Always put them into their sleeve!
Fortunately, my stick is not gone yet:
I used a standing-around PC laptop to copy the data (3 GB or more,
that would have taken ages
At 6:01 AM -0800 11/23/2010, Geke wrote:
Is there some way to make the Mac ask permission for writing on a
volume when you mount it? I mean like this:
I insert a stick or connect a HD and a dialog comes up asking: How to
mount volume Backup? with options Readwrite (default) and Read
only.
At 5:29 AM -0800 11/21/2010, Geke wrote:
I never knew USB sticks were so fragile. Also interesting how hot-
swapping is really rather hot, and how the OS tries to cater for
hardware issues.
Anecdotal... but I'd venture that many usb sticks go bad because
people can't be bothered to (or don't
I never knew USB sticks were so fragile. Also interesting how hot-
swapping is really rather hot, and how the OS tries to cater for
hardware issues.
Great stuff, guys (i.e. guys and gals), I’m learning!
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Flash drives have a limited number of times
they can be written. When the controller on the drive detects that it
cannot write anymore, it changes the drive to read only.
It’s true, the stick is not the newest. But shouldn’t it last for
quite some years if I use it only a couple of times a
On 2010/11/20 06:06, Geke so eloquently wrote:
It’s true, the stick is not the newest. But shouldn’t it last for
quite some years if I use it only a couple of times a week?
I guess that depends on your definition of quite some years and
exactly how much data you are writing those couple times
At 5:06 AM -0800 11/20/2010, Geke wrote:
Somehow, this reminds me of the trouble with MSDOS-formatted floppy
disks: when they are written to on several computers, and especially
on a mix of Macs and PCs, they get corrupted easily. That was because
of the drive heads being aligned slightly
On Nov 20, 2010, at 10:29 AM, Dan wrote:
At 5:06 AM -0800 11/20/2010, Geke wrote:
Somehow, this reminds me of the trouble with MSDOS-formatted floppy
disks: when they are written to on several computers, and especially
on a mix of Macs and PCs, they get corrupted easily. That was because
of
On Nov 20, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
What Dan said. Even well made ones die. Happened to me with a
Sandisk one just yesterday. Suddenly just won't mount, no lights
nothin. Toss it and get another one.
Just like the SD card for my camera. Camera would act like it was
What could be wrong -- and how do I fix it! -- if a USB stick is
mounted as read only?
I’m logged in with a non-limited account, and in the past, the stick
could be written to just fine.
I’m talking about a G4 digital audio here with 10.4.11, the USB stick
is plugged into a powered hub, and I
I have a little san disk that plugs into an adapter that I use on my
usb to store data. On my san disk there is a little white tab that
you can move up and down that write protects it. I don't know the
specifics of your device, but it wouldn't surprise me that it didn't
have a write protect
At 11:24 AM -0800 11/19/2010, Geke wrote:
G4 digital audio
10.4.11
the USB stick is plugged into a powered hub, and I think it's formatted FAT32.
What could be wrong -- and how do I fix it! -- if a USB stick is
mounted as read only?
If the stick is actually formatted NTFS then it will be
Howdy,
If you are real lucky, it will be the write protect switch mentioned
earlier. I like drives with those switches. If you are less lucky, it
may be a USB drive failure. Flash drives have a limited number of times
they can be written. When the controller on the drive detects that it
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