Hi Carlo, thanks for persevering with me. I did the Disk verify and permissions repair - there was one identified issue to do with a group code being wrong - not sure if that relates to my problem or not. In any case it is now repaired. At this point I have tried with Terminal to delete the User's.sparesbundle from all 3 MB's independently and each of them replies after step 2 below with "-bash: :$ command not found". So I can't delete with terminal at the moment. However, the order of steps is slightly altered when compared with your earlier instructions in that I did the OSX install prior to the disk verify/repair steps. Does this matter?
Still unable to delete the sparesebundle and also unable to mount the time machine disc image. I think you indicated earlier there is an instal process to fix the "bash" issue I am having. Regards Pete... On 05/08/2012, at 12:05 PM, cm wrote: > Just for reference sake, here is the process you can try to delete the sparse > bundle. Note if you can't do this from your 9yo's computer you can try it > from one of the other computers. > > 1) In Finder mount the Time Capsule by clicking on it in the Finder sidebar. > Navigate to the Data directory but no need to do anything further in Finder. > > 2) In Terminal now do the following > $ cd /Volumes/Data > > 3) At this point type > $ ls -l > > and you should see User's.sparsebundle or whatever it is called > > 4) Still in terminal type > $ sudo rm -rf <sparse bundle name> > Where <sparse bundle name> is the name from step 3) > > Good luck! > > Carlo > > > On 05/08/2012, at 11:56 , cm <cm200...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Pete, >> >> My hosting service seems to be temporarily offline so pardon the posting >> from a older email address. >> >> Things seem to have got away from you a little. You had successfully applied >> the update to 10.5.4. At that point you had a working computer with all your >> data! I personally would not have wiped the data as there is little benefit >> to a clean install if you intend to use data migration assistant to bring >> all the cruft back. >> >> To take stock, you now have a working computer albeit with no data an a non >> functioning Time Machine. So to try to get back on track, perhaps you could >> proceed as follows: >> >> 1) Attempt the earlier process where you use Terminal.app to delete the >> unused sparse bundle on your Time Capsule. >> >> 2) If that works and you get Time Machine functioning, do a Time Machine >> backup just to kick things off, even though none of your valuable data will >> be included in the backup at this point >> >> 3) Use data migration assistant to bring back your data. >> >> 4) Do another Time Machine backup -- this time with you data. >> >> Let us know what you choose to do and how it goes. >> >> Regards, >> Carlo >> >> >> >> >> >>> Re: Time Machine backup >>> Peter Crisp >>> Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:23:39 -0700 >>> >>> Ok, just about reached end of the line for options. >>> >>> What I did was load the OSX disc for System update only to 10.5.4 and then >>> test >>> to see if Time Machine could mount the volume- no go. >>> >>> Then my objective was to do a clean instal from the 10.5.4 OSX disc, but as >>> it >>> was already the same OSX version, I was not presented with the option to do >>> a >>> clean instal. So I did Software Update to up version to 10.5.8 which it did >>> but >>> took 5 hours through the night. >>> >>> I tried the Time Machine process again- no good. >>> >>> So, go the full Monty. Clean instal back to 10.5.4. Still no Time Machine >>> image >>> mount. Some observations though which might jog someone's memory. In the >>> Change >>> Disc dialogue box of TM I have 3 items. >>> >>> Item 1 is an icon of the Time Capsule with a green picture with an analogue >>> clock face. >>> >>> Item 2 is an icon of the Time Capsule with a blue picture of 3 people >>> holding >>> hands. >>> >>> Item 3 says None but has a red circle with a red diagonal line through it. >>> >>> But item 3 has been there for ages, well before introducing Tim's MacBook >>> to >>> the TC. >>> >>> Item 2 is the one I pick normally on Jo's MacBook and it works fine. >>> >>> Another observation, when looking at Time Machine window on Tim's MacBook >>> it >>> states name as Name: Time Capsule and Available 525.4GB of 929.5GB. On >>> SWMBOs >>> MacBook, same window says Name: Time Capsule (Joannes-Time-Capsule) and >>> Available: 564.11GB of 998.06GB. >>> >>> It seems like there are 2 volumes or images, I really don't know what to do >>> next. >>> >>> I haven't migrated Tim's data back in yet, to save me wasting time and to >>> protect it until its all settled. >>> >>> I had read somewhere that Time Capsule uses the MAC address to recognise a >>> machine, in doing a clean instal the MAC address doesn't change (i think) >>> and >>> so it is still attempting to do the same as I was trying 3 days ago. As >>> same >>> MAC address means same machine to the TC. Can I change the MAC address? Is >>> there a plist file somewhere I can blow away to kick start it from scratch? >>> >>> WCE performance was icing on the cake last night but the rowers did a great >>> job! >>> >>> Any tips? >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Pete >>> >>> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
