Hi Pete, Not I get it! (Insert slap on forehead here.) Sorry for not noticing earlier.
It's a convention when writing Terminal commands to show a $ sign at the start. That is meant to represent the last character of the prompt that Terminal will write to show it is ready for a command. When one is logged in with a root account the convention is to show a # character instead. So try please try again but this time do not type the $ at the start of the command. For instance where I say "$ cd /Volumes/Data", type only "cd /Volumes/Data" Let me know how that goes. Regards, Carlo On 05/08/2012, at 12:36 , Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > 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> -- 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>
