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HD won't mount - martinbc - 03-12-2007
Hi There
I have an external Lacie 500 GB HD on a G5 running 10.4.7
Suddenly the drive was acting weird. I couldn't move folders around ....... hmm, but I could write to the drive with no problems. I repaired it with DU and Disk Warrior ..... no problems. I unmounted a few times ...... still couldn't move folders around.
When I tried to change permission, it wouldn't let me. Then it got weirder and weirder.
Now it's mounting, but then it doesn't show up on the desktop. It shows up in DU ..... and I can eject and unmount, but still not on the desktop.
Please Help.
Martin
Re: HD won't mount - Mr645 - 03-12-2007
I have had this same thing happen. But restarting fixed it
Re: HD won't mount - martinbc - 03-12-2007
It didn't ....... I tried on another machine ..... same thing : It mounts, but doesn't show up.
Re: HD won't mount - martinbc - 03-12-2007
HD's are checked in Finder Prefs
It shows up on a PC with no problems ........ it has to be something with ownership and permissions on a mac. I did try to change stuff in there, and that's when it got really weird.
Is there a ownership and permission fixer ?
Martin
Re: HD won't mount - Voryn - 03-12-2007
.... lost my thought.
Re: HD won't mount - martinbc - 03-12-2007
This did the trick
sudo chmod u+rwx /Volumes/Small\ Big\ Mofo\ 467\ GB
Re: HD won't mount - Article Accelerator - 03-12-2007
Was it the "Mofo" part?
Anyway, you could have done the same thing with the Get Info window--no need for the command line voodoo.
Re: HD won't mount - martinbc - 03-12-2007
not true ........ you can't get info when the drive is NOT on the desktop.
M