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08-25-2006, 04:49 PM
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Lacie Won't Unmount - Applications Running
I frequently get this sort of message after I backup, although the dock shows nothing running. Is it from youcontrol running in the background? I have to restart the Mac before I can unmount the external drive (or shut down, turn off the LaCie, and then boot again.).
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08-25-2006, 05:26 PM
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The only way to check this for sure is to see what's accessing the drive. To do this, open Terminal and run:
sudo lsof | grep "The-Volume-Name" Where "The-Volume-Name" is the name of your external drive. That'll give you a list of every application with a file open on the drive...
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--Dave Nanian
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08-25-2006, 06:50 PM
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I just do not understand why ANYTHING should be running on a drive that I do not run apps from. I start and mount the drive only to back up to it.
IF I booted from the LaCie to restore my internal HD (or, in my case, to bring it up to date) I would understand it. But this is a drive that starts cold from an OFF setting. Mind you, it's no big deal to say "shut down" -- I just don't get it. As for TERMINAL, I'm afraid I'll screw something up if I hit a wrong key or something. No thanks.
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08-25-2006, 07:29 PM
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Well, that's why I've suggested how to determine what's accessing it. Without that information, it's hard to help.
By simply copying and pasting the command I provided, pressing Return, entering your password when prompted and pressing Return, you can't do anything to your system. There's no reason to be nervous about Terminal!
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#5
08-26-2006, 02:55 PM
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The hangup only occurs if I do an erase and backup fully -- not if I do an update. It looks a bit like it may be NAV. The iCal line is a puzzle, to be sure (because I don't run iCal at all).
sudo lsof | grep "Backup HD" NortonAut 226 root 8u VREG 14,6 9256 41 /Volumes/Backup HD (/dev/disk1s3) NortonAut 226 root 9r VREG 14,6 848 24 /Volumes/Backup HD (/dev/disk1s3) NortonAut 226 root 10r VREG 14,6 1880 42826 /Volumes/Backup HD/Applications/iCal.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/preferences.nib/classes.nib Last edited by t3rockhall; 08-26-2006 at 03:04 PM.
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