Disk mounting

Does anybody no how to set my hard disk connected to my extreme so as it auto mounts.
This used to happen all the time & now I cannot even mount the drive on the desktop.
Any help would be most appreciated.
Dave

AirDisk is the definition of flaky. One minute they mount and are fine for a few days the next they won't mount. I too have gotten "password incorrect" message, or the disk show as folders and then when I click a folder representing the disk nothing happens although it says I'm connected. Most odf the time these issues appear after a disruption with the AEBS connection, especially a power loss. I've found that connecting the external disks directly to my Mac, ejecting them, and re-connecting to the AEBS will usually correct the problem. If this does not work I find once I have hardwired the disks to my Mac I sometimes need to repair the disks using Disk Utility, eject them, and then reconnect them to AEBS. This seems to work as a last resort.

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Known disk-mounting fault on iPod Video 80GB?

Is there a known disk mounting fault with the iPod Video 80GB?
I’m running iTunes Version 7.0.1.8 and have so far had two brand new 80GB iPod Video devices, purchased from a registered New Zealand reseller (TotallyMac.com).
Both iPods have successfully loaded my music library and have played perfectly, both on headphones and on my iPod hi-fi. However, when I subsequently plug the iPod into any of the USB 2 ports on my laptop, the iPod does not show up as a device in My Computer, File Explorer or in iTunes.
I’m running Windows XP, Service Pack 2.
The problem also occurs on a second PC – the iPod refuses to show as a device in My Computer, Windows File Explorer or in iTunes. However, it does show up in Device Manager, and the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ icon shows on the Windows status bar when the iPod is connected. Even so, when the iPod is safely ejected, the iPod screen continues to show ‘Do Not Disconnect’, so the only way to safely eject the iPod is to reset it on the iPod.
I’ve tried restarting the computer, putting the iPod into disk mode and so on. Unfortunately, none of the advice on the Apple website for iPods that refuse to mount helps me – because I can’t get the iPod to appear as a device anywhere on my computer, I can’t rename the Drive Volume (to another letter instead of ‘E:’) or restore the iPod to factory settings.
I can’t help thinking that Apple has created a ‘Catch 22’ situation by removing the iPod Updater option in iTunes 7 – none of the previous versions of iPod Updater is compatible with iTunes 7, meaning it’s impossible for people who have a Disk Mount problem to restore their iPods. If you can’t get the iPod to show up in iTunes, how are you supposed to restore the device or solve disk mounting problems?
There appears to be no other way to restore the device if you’re using iTunes 7.
Why isn’t there a ‘restore’ option in the iPod’s own diagnostics menu, some combination of click-wheel buttons that will allow you to reformat/restore the drive?
My previous (40GB) Fourth-Generation iPod mounts perfectly on both this laptop and another PC, suggesting it is the new iPods that are the problem. Also, as I said, the new iPod fails to mount on the second PC, supporting this theory.
Both faulty iPods have been set to ‘manually update’ and I also ticked the ‘Enable Disk Use’ option and removed the checkmark from ‘Automatically open iTunes’.
It would be good to hear from someone else who has experienced similar difficulties, as I’m by no means a new iPod user and this has both me and the Apple service technicians I’ve spoken to completely stumped. Is it a known problem and, if so, will it be dealt with in future iTunes updates…?
Toshiba P20 Laptop PC Windows XP Pro

Try forcing the iPod into disk mode:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
And then see if you can change the Volume Drive Letter:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93499
If nothing else works, you may want to give this a shot:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302538
Since you did say the iPod continues to show Do Not Disconnect after ejecting it, I'm thinking maybe there's something on your computer that's interfering with the iPod.
Also, when the iPod comes up in Device Manager, does it have any kind of warning on it? You may need to uninstall the iPod's drivers, and then restart the computer with the iPod attached to reinstall it. This may not be the case, though, since the iPod is still showing Do Not Disconnect while it's plugged in.
You may also want to make sure you have the iPod connected to a USB port directly on the rear of the computer, or try a different USB cable.
Also, you might want to try restarting the iPodService
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93716
CG

Word for mac 2011 keyboard commands hang when network disk mounted

After much trial and error, I have found that, for my system, at least, MS Word for Mac 2011 hangs on keyboard commands when a network disk is mounted on my desktop.
Just wanted to alert all who get the beach ball when use keyboard commands in MS Word.
Symptom was that Cmd-C would take 8-13 seconds or so to copy 1 word, versus immediate when using menu commands. Same with Cmd-V paste. Also, opening a document took much longer.
Once I ejected network disk, problem disappeared.
Hopefully this will save someone else the time I spent tracking down the issue. I'd still love to know the root problem, though, as I prefer to have a remoe disk mounted on desktop while I work, and now I can't.

Follow these instructions to uninstall MacKeeper. They have been tested with the most recent version of MacKeeper (v 2.8). Earlier versions than the one released in 2012 require more extensive work to uninstall all its components.
The effects of having actually used MacKeeper to do anything are a completely different matter. The fastest way to take an exquisitely designed and painstakingly engineered Mac and make it run like a steaming pile of dung is to install and use such ill-conceived "cleaning" or "security" products. This is just one example of a broad category of time- and money-wasters capable of causing damage that can only be rectified by reinstalling OS X, restoring from a backup, or completely erasing your system and rebuilding it from the ground up. Never install such junk on a Mac.
If you used MacKeeper to encrypt any files or folders, use MacKeeper to un-encrypt them first.
Quit the MacKeeper app if it is running.
Open your Applications folder: Using the Finder's Go menu, select Applications.
Drag the MacKeeper icon from your Applications folder (not the Dock) to the Trash.
You will be asked to authenticate (twice):
You do not need to provide a reason for uninstalling it:
Just click the Uninstall MacKeeper button. You will be asked to authenticate again.
After it uninstalls you may empty the Trash and restart your Mac. All that will remain is an inert log file that does nothing but occupy space on your hard disk.

FilesystemMountPoints for ufs disks mounted to non-global zones

Hello,
I have a SAN ufs disk to be used as a failover storage, mounted to non-global zones (NGZ).
Solaris 10 nodes using Cluster 3.2
I'm looking for the correct value for the property FilesystemMountPoints and the vfstab entry required for a failover disk mounted to a NGZ.
Should the path NOT include the NGZ root path?
From the man page for SUNW.HAStoragePlus, for the property FilesystemMountPoints:
You can specify both the path in a non-global zone and the path in a global zone, in this format:
Non-GlobalZonePath:GlobalZonePath
The global zone path is optional. If you do not specify a global zone path, Sun Cluster assumes that the path in
the non-global zone and in the global zone are the same. If you specify the path as
Non-GlobalZonePath:GlobalZonePath, you must specify Global-ZonePath in the global zone's /etc/vfstab.
The default setting for this property is an empty list.
You can use the SUNW.HAStoragePlus resource type to make a file system available to a non-global zone. To enable
the SUNW.HAStoragePlus resource type to do this, you must create a mount point in the global zone and in the
non-global zone. The SUNW.HAStoragePlus resource type makes the file system available to the non-global zone
by mounting the file system in the global zone. The resource type then performs a loopback mount in the
non-global zone.
Each file system mount point should have an equivalent entry in /etc/vfstab on all cluster nodes and in all
global zones. The SUNW.HAStoragePlus resource type does not check /etc/vfstab in non-global zones.
SUNW.HAStoragePlus resources that specify local file systems can only belong in a failover resource group
with affinity switchovers enabled. These local file systems can therefore be termed failover file systems. You
can specify both local and global file system mounts points at the same time.
Any file system whose mount point is present in the FilesystemMountPoints extension property is assumed to
be local if its /etc/vfstab entry satisfies both of the following conditions:
1. The non-global mount option is specified.
2. The "mount at boot" field for the entry is set to "no."
In my situation, I want to mount the disk to /mysql_data on the NGZ called ftp_zone. So, which is the correct setup?
a. FilesystemMountPoints=/mysql_data:/zones/ftp_zone/root/mysql_data
Global zone vfstab entry /dev/md/ftpabin/dsk/d110 /dev/md/ftpabin/rdsk/d110 /zones/ftp_zone/root/mysql_data ufs 1 no logging
NGZ mount point /mysql_data
OR
b. FilesystemMountPoints=/mysql_data:/mysql_data (can be condensed to simply /mysql_data)
Global zone vfstab entry /dev/md/ftpabin/dsk/d110 /dev/md/ftpabin/rdsk/d110 /mysql_data ufs 1 no logging
NGZ mount point /mysql_data
Should the path NOT include the NGZ root path?
And should the fsck pass # be 1 or 2?
Looking at this example from p. 26 of
http://wikis.sun.com/download/attachments/24543510/820-4690.pdf
This example doesn't mention the entry in vfstab.
Create a resource group that can holds services in nodea zonex and nodeb zoney
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Make sure the HAStoragePlus resource is registered
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nodea# clresource create -t SUNW.HAStoragePlus -g test-rg \
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ufs-hasp-rs
Thank you!

Hi,
/zones/oracle-z is my root directory of the zone.
* add the device to the zone :
root@mpbxapp1 # zonecfg -z oracle-z
zonecfg:oracle-z> add device
zonecfg:oracle-z:device> set match=/dev/global/dsk/d12s0
zonecfg:oracle-z:device> end
zonecfg:oracle-z> add device
zonecfg:oracle-z:device> set match=/dev/global/rdsk/d12s0
zonecfg:oracle-z:device> end
zonecfg:oracle-z> exit
* add FS to NGZ's /etc/vfstab : ( You may omit this step, I don't know why but it works without this step :) )
root@mpbxapp1 # vi /zones/oracle-z/root/etc/vfstab
/dev/global/dsk/d12s0 /dev/global/rdsk/d12s0 /global/oracle ufs 1 no logging
* add FS to global zone's /etc/vfstab :
root@mpbxapp1 # vi /etc/vfstab
/dev/global/dsk/d12s0 /dev/global/rdsk/d12s0 /zonefs/oracle ufs 1 no logging
* set the FilesystemMountPoints property :
root@mpbxapp1 # /usr/cluster/bin/clresource set -p FilesystemMountPoints=/global/oracle:/zonefs/oracle oracle-hastp
Whit this configuration you may ensure that the FS is not directly accessible from master zone. Actually, it's accessible but with a different PATH. For example, for Oracle, from the master zone Oracle can not be started/stopped because the controlfile can not be accessed. :)
Hope this helps,
Murat

Disk Mounting error

Trying to download a program and get the "disk mounting failed" message.
Using an EMac with OS 10.3.9, downloading a .dmg file about 5.6MB using Safari 1.3.1(v312.3.3). I've gotten all the updates and Java fixes I can think of. I am able to download other files w/o problem. The file I'm trying to download is Limewire. I've been on their discussion board but no results.
Any sugesstions?
Oh, the Safari downloads about 180kb of the file and then gives me the error and I'm using a cable modem connection.
EMac Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I just had the very same problem (with a CD instead of DVD, but same error) and found your unanswered post. I checked out another site, and it suggested that the I/O problem has something to do with data corruption....
And then I remembered that when watching DVD's - if they are dirty, they won't play...
And I ejected the CD, and found some gummy jam like substance on the data side.
Cleaned it off, and now it works fine....hope this helps you or others!

How can i make my local disk mounted peramently

i want to share my local disk to the network but i have a bad problem....
the problem is when i reboot my local station i must to mount more time the disk manually,,, can anyone have an idea about how can i share my patition without
mount it for each reboot, in another word how can i make my disk mounted automatically on reboot
thanks

Depending on how it is being shared and how you mount it, you may just need to edit your vfstab file to have the nfs mount made 'permanent'. That, of course, assumes this is being done via nfs!

10.5.8 disk mounting problem

I updated to 10.5.8 and decided I would download the photoshop elements trial off Adobe's website. It was at 365 MB of 1.27 GB and it suddenly came up "mounting failed" I am currently trying to download it again, but my internet connection is slow so it will be awhile before I see if it happens again at 365 MB. Has anyone else had disk mounting problems in 10.5.8?

Speaking as someone who works a lot with PSE, I would say the odds are very high that this is an Adobe problem rather than a 10.5.8 problem. Wait a while and try the download again.

Disk mount problem

I have an external fw disk that stopped mounting properly, at least when I log in under my user name (with admin privileges). The disk shows up in disk utility with the little fw disk symbol and the proper capacity and model name: 372.6 GB OWC Mercury Elite Por-AL 800/400. But the icon for the volume, External HD, appears as a piece of paper with a folded corner. It does not appear in Finder but it is detected in terminal when I run the "mount" command. This problem occurs whether I plug the disk into my iMac (using fw 400) or laptop (using fw 800).
I tried logging in as "guest" and the disk mounts properly and I can access all the folders on it. When I end session as guest and log in under my user name, the same problem as described above recurs.
When I run repair disk, no problems are found.
Any help would be appreciated.
intel imac 20 Mac OS X (10.4.9) mbp core2duo

TomK,
I just had your same problem yesterday with my external USB LaCie Porsche disk. I've been using FW disks for years and this never happened to me before.
I tried running the disk tests with Disk Utility, switching the drive on and off, with no result.
Disk Warrior 3.0.3 solved the problem by rebuilding the directory structure. Now it works again and no file was (visibly) lost.
By adding up what I read in this thread, I get to the conclusion that the problem was in the disk (not in the finder prefs) and is not related with USB vs. FW, as at first I guessed.
I'm curious to know if and how you solved your problem.
Could you solve it using a standard Apple utility or some terminal command ?
I can manage unix commands if needed...
Thanks
Piero

Hard drive volume appears in sidebar Favorites when new disk mounts

Hard drive on my 17” MacBook Pro Quad Core i7 (2.5 GHz, 8GB SDRAM OS 10.8.2) is partitioned into 4 volumes; I'll call them A-Mountain Lion startup drive, B-Personal, C-Work, D-minimal clean Mt. Lion for emergencies. Problem relates to my regular boot drive.
I have Finder sidebars set to show 8 or 10 folders in the "Favorites" section and have ticked all boxes in the "Devices" section. Most of the time I have no external disks, CDs, etc., connected to the MBP, so the Devices section generally shows my computer and the four partitions. So far, so good.
Lately, every time an external volume is mounted and every time a disk image is mounted, the Personal volume (B) of my internal drive, which is already showing under Devices, also pops up in the Favorites section of the sidebar. I remove it from the Favorites, but the next time an external disk or a disk image mounts, there it is again. It's always volume B, never A, C, or D.
I have tried everything I can think of to cure this odd behavior: Used Disk Utility (verify all disks/volumes; repair volumes; repair permissions; etc.), though nothing seemed wrong. I've run Disk Warrior on all volumes. I cleaned out everything possible on the startup drive (A) with the latest version of Onyx. I've repeatedly trashed the plists I could identify in my user Library that had "sidebar" or "finder" in their names. I've logged in and out; started and restarted; started with shift key down. Still, every time a new volume or disk mounts, up pops this extra volume B among the Favorites (where it shouldn't be). I checked and unchecked various combinations of sidebar items in Finder Preferences. I've Forced Quit the Finder. It doesn't matter whether all, some, or no devices are checked; when a new disk mounts, there's the extra volume B again.
I have only two other clues to add. (1) I created a new temporary user account on my startup drive (volume A), and this behavior did NOT occur in the new account. (2) This same behavior had arisen once before, a couple of months ago. I went through similar blind attempts to cure it then, but at some point I must have done something right because I it got fixed. For the life of me, I can't remember which of all the things I tried did the trick.
Many thanks to anyone who can shed light on this annoying behavior.

I can add a bit to my earlier description. I had said the problem did not occur in a new user account. Well, after using the new account for a while, it showed up. Eventually I erased the startup volume and installed Mountain Lion (plus updates to 10.8.2) fresh. I used migration assistant to transfer only my old user, pared down applications, and network settings -- no preferences, application support stuff. The old user carried over the problem. But I immediately created a new user and have been working from it for the past two weeks, very gradually opening apps, adjusting settings, etc., and testing for the anomaly at each change. In some cases I did move preferences from a backup clone, but was always careful to test after each addition. All was well for a week, until one morning I noticed the data partition had appeared in sidebar Favorites. So I'm back to where I was. I had been documenting each change or introduction I made. The only things my notes said from the day before the sidebar anomaly appeared was launching and struggling to activate QuarkXPress 9.3, and copying over my old prefs and settings for TextWrangler. I completely removed every trace of QXP, but the problem remained. (I did not remove TextWrangler because I just can't believe it could be the culprit -- but could it?)
I also noticed a similar (though maybe not identical) problem posted in another thread <https://discussions.apple.com/message/20591050#20591050>, but so far no answers there either.

Inconsistent Airport USB disk mounting patterns

I have two Airport Extreme networks -- one at home and one in my office at work. I access both networks with a MacBook. Fine so far.
I also have an Iomega USB disk attached to the APE at home and an identical disk attached to my APE at work. The disk at home mounts nicely on my desktop. However, the disk at school does not mount. Connection proceeds to the point where I type in the password, but it does not mount, and I get the volume "__" could not be mounted message. This message appears regardless of which user account I work.
So, the Airport disk mounts fine at home but does not mount at my office. I've spent several hours deleting preference files, mucking around with the Airport Utility, etc. No go. Restarting the APE at work sometimes gives short-lived success, but it does not seem to last.
Any suggestions?

Okay, after reading several other discussion posts, the best workaround I've been able to find is to mount the Airport Disk through the Connect to Server menu. You'll need to know the IP address of your AirPort. It's probably either 10.0.1.1 or something like 192.168.0.1 -- you can find it by running AirPort Utility from the Utilities folder. Just click on your AirPort base station on the left side and the utility should say what the IP address of your base station is. (You can then quit AirPort Utility.)
Then press cmd-K, OR from the Finder click on the Go menu and then select Connect to Server...
In the "Server Address" box, type smb://AEBS-IP-adress/Volume-name
For example, in my setup, I connect to smb://10.0.1.1/Iomega because my AirPort Extreme Base Station has an IP address of 10.0.1.1 and the name of the drive I have connected to my AEBS is called "Iomega" The volume should now mount and show up in the Toolbar of any Finder window. It does NOT show up as a separate volume on my desktop, but your mileage may vary.
This has worked for me each time I've tried it and is much more reliable than trying to select my AEBS from the "Shared" option in the Toolbar of the Finder window.
BTW: If you will be doing this regularly, you may want to go back to the Connect to Server menu and click the + button to add it as one of your favorite servers.

GNOME, nautilus, devicekit-disks: mount USB disk

Hi,
I recently upgraded and have now nautlius 2.28.2-1 together with devicekit-disks 009-1 installed.
As usual mounting/unmounting USB disks in nautilus stopped working. I searched the wiki, forums, bugs and google to gather information about this topic, but you know ...
When I try to mount a disk (they all show up in nautilus) nautilus pops up an error declaring me "Not Authorized". After quite some reading I think nautilus now uses devicekit-disks to actually mount my USB disks, so I tried to mount it with devicekit-disks:
[resi@nomad ~]$ devkit-disks --mount /dev/sdc
Mount failed: Not Authorized
In older versions of nautilus I used to edit some files in /etc to grant myself permissions (PolicyKit.conf), but this does not work anymore.
I found a hint and edited /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.policy (this one is coming with devicekit-disks) and modified the default for the actions org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem-mount action:
<allow_any>yes</allow_any>
Having done so I can now mount the USB disks using nautilus, devicekit-disks or palimpsest (suffering from the same "Not Authorized" problem). Unmounting has a little flaw though, it seems like nautilus tries to eject the medium when unmounting, but then again its "Not Authorized" to do so.
However, this is the only solution I could come up with. Since the file I modified will probably be replaced without notice during the next upgrade I fear I will have to go all the way again, not remembering anymore what I did to fix this (otoh, after writing this I probably will).
And since the values in org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.policy are declared as defaults (and by the fact it lives under /usr) I assume there has to be a site configuration file somewhere in /etc.
Where should I but my customizations? I mean, whats the proper way to do so?
Thanks,
Christoph
P.S.: I like nautilus, it makes me unhappy to use thunar/pmount/whatever to mount my disks.

me again ... this whole *kit stuff seems so odd to me.
I finally read all the devicekit, then the policykit docs, Syu-ed and have now devicekit-disks 009-3 installed.
Using polkit-actions without arguments prints a list of registered actions (known to policykit). This list was pretty short:
[resi@nomad ~]$ polkit-action
org.freedesktop.policykit.read
org.freedesktop.policykit.revoke
org.freedesktop.policykit.grant
org.freedesktop.policykit.modify-defaults
PolicyKit considers all *.policy files under /usr/share/PolicyKit/policy/, only the policykit package installs its files (well, its one file) there.
devicekit-disks (and probably some other packages providing *.policy files) seems to forget about that. So I added a symlink:
[root@nomad policy]# ln -s /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.policy /usr/share/PolicyKit/policy/
Thats not enough, the file seems to be out of date. I had to replace all auth_admin_keep defaults with auth_admin_keep_session until the file validated.
And hurray:
[resi@nomad ~]$ polkit-action
org.freedesktop.policykit.read
org.freedesktop.policykit.revoke
org.freedesktop.policykit.grant
org.freedesktop.policykit.modify-defaults
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem-mount
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem-mount-system-internal
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem-check
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem-check-system-internal
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem-unmount-others
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem-lsof
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem-lsof-system-internal
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.drive-eject
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.drive-detach
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.change
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.change-system-internal
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.drive-ata-smart-refresh
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.drive-ata-smart-selftest
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.drive-ata-smart-retrieve-historical-data
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.luks-unlock
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.luks-lock-others
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.linux-md
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.cancel-job-others
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.inhibit-polling
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.drive-set-spindown
polkit-auth shows my authorizations, thus:
[resi@nomad ~]$ polkit-auth | grep mount
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem-mount
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem-mount-system-internal
org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem-unmount-others
It seems to me that I am authorized for all actions listed above, I guess thats because this user is in both the wheel and root groups.
However, when I try to actually mount something nothing has changed.
[resi@nomad ~]$ devkit-disks --mount /dev/sdc
Mount failed: Not Authorized
Since policykit is now properly configured I can use polkit-action or polkit-gnome-authorization to modify the default values in the way polkit expects me to (not tampering with with the *.policy files).
[resi@nomad ~]$ polkit-action --action org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem-mount
action_id: org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem-mount
description: Mount a device
message: Authentication is required to mount the device
default_any: yes (factory default: no)
default_inactive: yes (factory default: no)
default_active: yes
But even now mounting fails because I'm not authorized.
Back to the start, if I change the factory defaults in org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.policy mounting succeeds.
I think there might be 2 bugs involved here:
1.) missing links to policy files in /usr/share/PolicyKit/policy/
2.) policykit fails to consider overrides for factory defaults
What do you think?

Does "on disk mount" action exist?

Sorry, I will not use this forum as my only resource. I am sorry for two posts (not double posting) I have just been saving up my questions.
I want to build an automation that activates when I plug in my compact flash card. Essentially making a workflow that when I plug in my card and the disk image pops up on my desktop (like it currently does) and then the automator activates and asks me "do you want to transfer all of these files to your temp NEF folder?"
I know how to do everything BUT the action that would start as soon as it detects the card being mounted. I could right click and run the action, but I really want it to be totally streamlined.
Is there an action like "on disk mount" that I can place before all of my other actions?
-i
2x2.0 gHz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.1)

TomK,
I just had your same problem yesterday with my external USB LaCie Porsche disk. I've been using FW disks for years and this never happened to me before.
I tried running the disk tests with Disk Utility, switching the drive on and off, with no result.
Disk Warrior 3.0.3 solved the problem by rebuilding the directory structure. Now it works again and no file was (visibly) lost.
By adding up what I read in this thread, I get to the conclusion that the problem was in the disk (not in the finder prefs) and is not related with USB vs. FW, as at first I guessed.
I'm curious to know if and how you solved your problem.
Could you solve it using a standard Apple utility or some terminal command ?
I can manage unix commands if needed...
Thanks
Piero

FireWire on MacPro - some disks mounting, some don't

Hello
I seem to have a FireWire problem on my Mac Pro.
I have a removable hard disk case from WiebeTech (FW 800 and USB 2.0) that has refused to let me mount disks since I got the Mac Pro. USB works, but not FW. I thought it must be a problem with the case. WiebeTech thinks so too, that the bridge is broken. I also have an external FW 800/400 naked hdd dock from the same maker, and it hasn't given me any problems. Until today, anyway.
Today it refused to mount. I also found I can't mount my external cased FW 400 hard disk.
I went to the System Profiler, and it didn't display the FW bus. Odd.
I then ran the Apple Hardware test. No problems reported. I rebooted and did a safe boot. Logged in.
Now the System Profiler showed the bus, the hard disk attached to the FW 800 naked hdd dock mounted, and the iPod mounted as well. When the bus was gone, nothing mounthed, of course.
Now I just have the problem with the external FW 400 and removable FW 800 disks in the WiebeTech case.
But the above leads me to believe that the problem is not with the disks or dock connectors, but with the Mac hardware or software.
I have done the latest firmware upgrade for the Mac Pro.
Any hints?

I have had a lot of problems with a MyBook 500GB external drive from WD. Connecting via USB 2.0 is fine, always works. Connecting via Firewire 800 is a problem.
If I restart my mac with my two FW 400 drives and my FW 800 connected, only the FW 400's mount. When I unplug my FW 800 and remove the power cord. Then plug in the FW 800 cable, and then plug in the FW Drive power cord it "sometimes" mounts. That seems to be the order.
I saw some posts elsewhere that outline issues with the Firewire buss and sharing between the front and the back. Some recommend to get a PCI firewire card and put it in. It really should work as designed; I think these guys had power issues and other file copy problems. I have none of that - its all about mounting the drive.
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Pegasus2 disk mount fails to mount in time during restart

I have a new Mac Pro + Pegasus2 external drive.   If I restart the system, the boot happens and files under the mount point are accessed before the Pegasus2 drive is ready to be mounted, which appears to block the mount point.    I called the mount point /Volumes/Peg and the disk eventually gets mounted as "Peg 1" and of course all the files can't be found.
If I shut down, I can push the power button on the Pegasus2, wait a few seconds and then push the power button on the Mac Pro and all is well. The disk gets mounted correctly.    So this is simply a race condition.
Does anyone know how to make the system wait util the drive is mounted before accessing files under /Volumes/Peg?
Thanks!
This is the info on the external drive.
Pegasus2-R:
Vendor Name:          Promise Technology, Inc.
Device Name:          Pegasus2-R
Vendor ID:          0x2
Device ID:          0x9
Device Revision:          0x3
UID:          0x00020000000E5D00
Route String:          1
Firmware Version:          19.2
Port (Upstream):
Status:          Device connected
Link Status:          0x2
Current Link Width:          0x2
Cable Firmware Version:          0.1.23
Link Controller Firmware Version:          0.13.0
Port:
Status:          No device connected
Link Status:          0x7
Current Link Width:          0x1
Link Controller Firmware Version:          0.13.0

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Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
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Oracle RAC 11g. 3rd Voting disk mounting automatically without fstab

Hi,
We have a 2 node Oracle 11Gr2 Extened RAC database on Redhat Linux. We have a vote disk on each node and a 3rd vote disk on a separate site. The vote disk directories are NFS mounted. We have noticed that there is no entry in the fstab (on either RAC node) for the 3rd voting disk location, yet the directory is still mounted automatically on each RAC node at startup.
Can Oracle manage mounting the disks itself without using fstab? Oracle recommends using the fstab for mounting the directories and I have found nothing on Oracle mounting the directories in any other way other than fstab.
I am completely lost here. We need to do some configuration on the 3rd voting disk location and I need to find out how the disk is being mounted on the RAC nodes. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Rgs,
Rob

Did you check that rc.local file? Perhaps, the mount entries are in there.
HTH

HP Smart Array Disk Mounting(?) help

I have just installed Solaris 10 (x86) on a HP Proliant DL380 G4, this involved applying the driver updates for the RAID controller to allow the Solaris install to work (there have been lots of posts about the RAID controller driver being required for the install to work)
The machine has two raid controllers the onboard 6i controller and the additional HP 6400 controller we've added to hook up the Smart Array disks
I need to know how to mount or add or configure the disks in the smart array. I think i have the driver installed for the 6400 raid controller but the next step i am not sure of. The BIOS let me configure the discs to be a RAID 5 and I was expecting to see the discs in Solaris.
Is anyone able to offer a suggestion ?
Having a HP server with a Smart Array / Storage Works device should be fairly common but Google hasn't turned up anything useful.
Further information (may or may not be useful).
In the Server BIOS i have the following information for the disk array controller:
Logical Drive #1 RAID 5 1955.8GB
Direct Attached Storage
Controller HP Smart Array 6400, Slot 3
The individual disks are (i have 8 in total):
SCSI Port 1, ID 0
SCSI Port 1, ID 1
SCSI Port 1, ID 2
SCSI Port 1, ID 3
SCSI Port 1, ID 4
SCSI Port 1, ID 5
SCSI Port 1, ID 8
SCSI Port 2, ID 0
I don't know what happened to SCSI Port 1 ID 6 and 7.
In /dev/dsk/ i have quite a few disks listed but htey don't seem to map onto the 8 disks, or the one disk logical disk i was expecting solaris to see.
I thought my disk would be something like
c1t0d0 - is the disk which Solaris install found (i think)
c2t0d0 - this is a symbolis link to devices/pci@0,0/pci8086,3599@6/pci8086,329@0/pci1014,la7@2/pciell,409c@4/sd0@0:wd
Is this my second disk ??

Hi:
You may want to copy and paste your post from here onto the HP Business Support Forum -- Proliant Storage Systems.
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/ProLiant-Storage-Systems/bd-p/itrc-265#.UlwBSJAo69I

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