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Forum: General 03-30-2008, 12:37 PM
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Posted By gmachen
Bump. Am I the only person in the world who...

Bump.

Am I the only person in the world who makes bootable clones of Mac OS X Server?
Forum: General 02-25-2008, 03:22 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,539
Posted By gmachen
OK, I've cloned one of my FireWire drive...

OK, I've cloned one of my FireWire drive partitions as a bootable backup via a Restore with Apple's Disk Utility, and it exhibits the same difficulties unmounting as described throughout this thread...
Forum: General 02-16-2008, 02:32 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,539
Posted By gmachen
I guess I ought to try making a bootable backup...

I guess I ought to try making a bootable backup with Carbon Copy Cloner 3 and/or Apple Disk Utility, to try narrowing-down or ruling-out whether there's something peculiar with Mac OS X Server, or...
Forum: General 02-15-2008, 10:07 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,539
Posted By gmachen
Yes, TMay, in retrospect how I phrased it was...

Yes, TMay, in retrospect how I phrased it was misleading. It is as you said. Apologies. Indeed, at home I've made a bootable Smart Update of my laptop Tiger client, and have had no problems...
Forum: General 02-15-2008, 07:50 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,539
Posted By gmachen
Have you identified exactly what is the cause of...

Have you identified exactly what is the cause of the problem?

Memo:
- It occurs both in Tiger & Leopard.
- It only occurs with bootable backups made by SD!
- It does not occur with Smart...
Forum: General 02-14-2008, 03:53 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,539
Posted By gmachen
Mine won't unmount even following a restart. (I...

Mine won't unmount even following a restart. (I have to unplug them immediately following the restart chime sound, before they have a chance to mount again during the startup sequence.)

My lsof...
Forum: General 02-13-2008, 01:11 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,539
Posted By gmachen
OK, I repartitioned a drive with a normal single...

OK, I repartitioned a drive with a normal single partition, and it still won't unmount if it contains a SD! bootable backup. So I guess that rules out some peculiarity associated with a...
Forum: General 02-12-2008, 12:20 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,539
Posted By gmachen
The plot thickens! OK, after some more...

The plot thickens!

OK, after some more experimentation, it now appears that it's not SD! per se that has to "touch" the drive before it will unmount, but *any* app launched as root has to do...
Forum: General 02-12-2008, 08:23 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,539
Posted By gmachen
Does anyone else have an external hard drive that...

Does anyone else have an external hard drive that won't unmount?

My posts, especially #10 above, tentatively & loosely point to possible culprits:

- Only a volume or partition that has had a...
Forum: General 02-11-2008, 03:45 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,539
Posted By gmachen
Hold the presses! It just unmounted. But...

Hold the presses! It just unmounted.

But then I mounted the two partitions again in Disk Utility, and now I'm back to the same behavior: the data-only partition will unmount, but the bootable...
Forum: General 02-11-2008, 03:42 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,539
Posted By gmachen
I did so: sudo lsof | grep "ServerHD backup...

I did so:

sudo lsof | grep "ServerHD backup 1 of 3"

... and still no hits.

I should mention that my earlier syntax would also seem to be correct, inasmuch as if I enter:

sudo lsof | grep
Forum: General 02-11-2008, 02:51 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,539
Posted By gmachen
I also have a LaCie HD that will not unmount. ...

I also have a LaCie HD that will not unmount.

Even immediately after a restart, even a Safe Boot.

It is partitioned into two; I can unmount one partition, but the other one that I cannot...
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