HT1533 how to mount a volume on a mac

how to mount a volume on a mac

Local direct-connect mounts via USB, Firewire, SDXC card, optical media, etc., will be automounted immediately provided that the filesystem of the attached media is recognized, such as Apple HFS, MS FAT, HSFS and other optical media formats. A problematic but common format is NTFS, default for modern Windows systems, since MacOS X does not handle it by default and will need third-party additions to be used, especially if password-protected.
Remote mounts such as Windows SMB shares or Unix NFS volumes need to be manually mounted. In the Finder's menus, see the Go/Connect to server... option.

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I am a newbe in such advanced functions, but I like to find solutions and it is hard for me to give up.
I have a MacBook 13,3 and an Ubuntu server. I have managed to connect to the a USB printer connected to the server. But I have not found out how to mount the server in Finder, so that I can use an external disk connected with USB as a Time Machine disk.
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so i'll admit that I haven't done this but it would seem that since Ubuntu includes Samba you could, from 'Finder' click cmd-k and type in smb://[the path to the share]
that said I found this on the web:http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-v olume/
instead of mounting the disk via Samba, it tries to use a more native approach.....that said, this definitely looks more involved.

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Try installing SharePoints on the primary Mac, and using it to share the external drives.
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File sharing wont mount all volumes

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I've been going crazy trying to figure this one out. I'm trying to share my Mac Pro files and have enabled file sharing from the networking system preferences, up until a month ago this was working fine. Now whenever I connect to my Mac pro as admin from my Macbook pro I only get my home folder and public folder to mount, the volumes on my mac pro wont show up on any computer I connect with. It was working fine for years and then one day just stopped. As a test, I just tried connecting to my Macbook pro from my Mac Pro and it lists all the volumes on my computer, So I don't think its my router or anything, but nothing has changed anyway. Any help would be great, thanks!
Message was edited by: teeck2000

I'm having the same problem. I tried your suggestion and it worked on one of my two external usb drives but I'm still having problems on my other external.
It shows up on the shared list but when I click on it I get the message: The operation cannot be completed because the original item for "NamedDisk" cannot be found.
I've tried deleting all my network preferences, plist files etc. and running disk warrior on the nameddisk to no avail.
This problem just started a few days ago. Not sure what could have changed. I've had 10.5.7 running on this computer for a few weeks. I get the same error from any computer on my network trying to access this disk.

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Hey,
I've just got my self a NAS box and setup a couple of NFS shares on it....
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I recently switched to systemd and have some issues with a multi-device (raid1) btrfs volume.
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Wants=cryptsetup.target
After=cryptsetup.target
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What=/dev/mapper/archive1
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Type=btrfs
Options=defaults,noatime,nodiratime
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How to Mount volume on Airport Extr at (re)boot/wake-up ??

HD is on my AirPort Extreme in the home here.
Whenever I start the MacBook Pro up, I always must locate it and connect.
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I think your terminology might be a bit askew. It appears that you are describing that you want your MacBook to connect to the wireless access point on the AirPort Extreme. I also appears that you are trying to mount a hard drive located on an AirPort Extreme base station when you log on.
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If you are having trouble reconnecting to a wireless access point on an AirPort Extreme base station, that is a whole other story. Those can be very very tricky and a question about that would be best asked in the network area of these forums. I'm sure if you ask or search there, you'll find an answer very rapidly. I unfortunately do not know how to tweak a wireless connection that is misbehaving.

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Here's a very quick overview of the basics of scripting , Apple's introduction to the command line manual, there's a generic bash intro (which is good, but doesn't line up exactly with how bash is implemented on OS X) and O'Reilly has some reasonable books on bash and bash scripting. Once you know and are comfortable with the basics, there are advanced bash guides available.

Share a mounted AFP volume across user accounts on the same computer

Hi all,
I have a Mac Mini with several attached disks (HFS+). I'm using it as a file server, to share these disks over my home network. I'm mounting these as AFP server volumes on a second computer (MacBook Pro). This all works fine. Both are running MacOS 10.6.2.
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Rick
I'm no expert in this department, but I believe that your question was the reason Apple started the 'Group' calendar. Check this page out:
http://www.mac.com/WebObjects/Groups.woa/wa/afterLogin?cty=US&aff=consumer&lang= en
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Backup Controller cannot mount XSAN Volume

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I've really have a big problem regarding the XSAN that I've just setup: There are 3 Xserves connected to the SAN - one for the main controller, one for backup and another one for fileserver. After a fresh install of the Leopard Server 10.5.6 on all servers and fresh install of Xsan 2.0 updated to 2.1.1, I tried creating an SAN from the main controller, I added first the main and backup controllers, authenticated them properly and was successful adding them to the SAN. After this, I created the volume and it mounted properly on the main controller. What I don't understand is that whenever I try to mount the volume to the backup controller, it is saying unable to mount and even I tried forcing it to mount in terminal using the command xsanctl mount VOLNAME, its giving me an error saying
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I really don't know now what to do and they need to fix the issue asap.
I would really appreciate your help guys!
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Hi,
I am accessing this WS via ARD, so public LAN is definitely there. I have not connected the "Xsan" network (but it should be no problems communicating the Xsan traffic over this single LAN connection).
With the firewall, the situation is more strange. When I try to open the Firewall settings on Sharing, there is a dialog "Other firewall software is running on this computer." I googled this and it seems that this was a common problem on 10.3. They suggest to delete com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist file but it is not there on 10.4.
"sudo ipfw list" shows this:
00001 allow udp from any 626 to any dst-port 626
65535 allow ip from any to any
Any ideas on how to make Firewall behave as expected? I will try to reinstall if I don't receive a reply.
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How to mount network share on lion permanently

I want to know how to mount a network share from my NAS on mountian lion.
I have seen and tried the suggestions about using command+k or the "go connect to server" and mounting that way so the password for the share is put into the keychain, then dragging the now mounted share to the system preferences user login items.
However this isn't satisfactory. It causes windows to pop up for each share that I have when logging in.
What I Want is for the share to appear as a mounted hard drive in the left navigation column of the finder window. I'd also like to be able to make a shortcut to the share on my desktop (or put it in my dock bar). If it shows up under devices that is perfection okay too, just so it's there somewhere logical.
The pop up windows simply clutter up the desktop, and if they are closed, then the share is closed too, and then there is a manual process of having to use the very tedious command+k or go connect to server method to connect again.
I need them to be able to click and open the share. I don't need them wasting time putting in share paswords and the link over and over.. the share should just be there for them as they work through the day. And if they close the folder/window, then it should be easy to get back to it.
This is possible on windows and I want these mounts to work the same way.
note: my NAS uses smb

That should work. You could try deleting the passwords in Keychain associated with it and try it again.
Another route: Create Applescript:
Select the network drive and get info on it. Copy the server address. Open up Applescript Editor in the Utilities folder and create a new script. Type in mount volume, add space, "paste server address within quotations", and save as application to your documents. Run it from within applescript editor to verify it works. When it asks for a passwork, save it in Keychain.
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How to solve ghost-volumes of an airport extreme connected hdd?

Hi.
I use an airport extreme (latest firmware, airport utility 5.6, Lion 10.7.5) to connect to a usb drive (HFS+ format).
Also tried different authentification options (account, airport password) - all with the same problem.
I start the mac and see this in my terminal:
xy-Computer:Volumes "UserName"$ ls
Macintosh HD                                   HD
HD-1                               MobileBackups
I have a duplicate Volumes now which I can access as follows:
HD is empty but in physically on the usb hdd.
HD-1 is pointing to the physical content on HD - which messes up my configuration of software who need access to /Volumes/HD/Shared/
This workaround fixes the ghost folder:
I disconnect aiport
I delete the folder HD
sudo rm -rf HD
(HD-1 , the ghost folder cannot be deleted by the way
HD-1/: resource busy
> Now I connect again and only the real folder and everything works again:
My-Computer:Volumes "My"$      ls
Macintosh HD                 HD
MobileBackups
What is this problem - how can I get rid of it?
It happens every day and deleting and stuff really is no fun. Is there a permanent solution?
I found an answer related to my topic on the internet but even as it explains something, it doesn't solve the prob.
http://superuser.com/questions/20879/how-to-remove-duplicate-ghost-network-drive -on-os-x
Mac OS X mounts drives by default by creating a folder with the name of the drive in /Volumes and then mounting it at that point (so a drive is normally accessible via /Volumes/NAME_OF_DRIVE). Mac OS X will append a -# after the name of a hard drive if multiple drives of that name are mounted. (eg. /Volumes/NAME_OF_DRIVE-1 and /Volumes/NAME_OF_DRIVE-2, etc.) This will also occur if a folder exists in /Volumes/ by that same name. Even though the mount point has a different name the name of the drive will show correctly in the Finder.
An example of what can cause an erroneous folder:
A script or application that writes a file to /Volumes/ExternalDrive/somefile.txt or even an application that when checking if a file exists (eg. open last saved document) creates a new document at that location when the hard drive/network share/USB key/etc. is not mounted. The file will exists at /Volumes/ExternalDrive/somefile.txt meaning the folder /Volumes/ExternalDrive will exist when you next mount.
Fixing this:
Ensure all drives have been unmounted - use Disk Utility or diskutil list to be sure
Check to see what can be seen in /Volumes/ - recommended to use the Terminal and use ls -laF /Volumes. There should only be one folder (NAME_OF_STARTUP_DRIVE -> /)
Delete the remaining folders. (I'd recommend checking the contents first)
Yes, there is an application I use which checks if a folder exists (not particulary a file). It connects to /Volumes/HD/Shared/ and tries to create the folders there if they don't exist. If it is started before the airport usb drive is accessed, ghost folders problem occures.
Any advice?

Update.
I use the airport drive now as supposed to.
But after going to sleep (drive or macbook - can't say for sure) opening the aiport drive appears to work, it connects and is readable. When I then try to write something, an error message appears:
some text -50
Can't write on the disc. Then I have to disconnect and connect agaiin or reboot.
Strange, isn't it? It seems like a drop out or permission problem of the airport extreme station. I use a network lan, no wifi.

How to mount drive or library on OSB 10.2.0.3.0

how to mount drive or library on OSB 10.2.0.3.0. My Tape library is DELL TL-2000 with windows 2003 (but the windows identify it as IBM TotalStorage 3575 library and IBM ULT3580-TD3 drive).
The Library and drive are detected by windows and no red or yellow mark on the device manager.
I try to read the user guide but still cannot make them work.
And how to add OSB menu on EM? I already add osb_enabled=true on DRIVE:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\<instance name>\sysman\config\emom.properties but the OSB menu does not appear.
here is some test that i do
ob> lsdev -lvg
TL-2000:
Device type: library
Model: //./obl0
Serial number: 00X2U78B5752_LL0
In service: yes
World Wide Name: TL-2000
Debug mode: no
Barcode reader: no
Barcodes required: no
Auto clean: no
Clean interval: (not set)
Clean using emptiest: yes
Unload required: yes
Ejection type: auto
Min writable volumes: 0
UUID: 70ba329b-f55a-463b-b269-a40941327e6c
Attachment 1:
Host: EIS-DATA
Raw device: //./obl0
Connection type: SCSI
Inquiry data:
Vendor: IBM
Product: 3573-TL
Firmware: 0.80
Serial number: 00X2U78B5752_LL0
Element counts / addresses:
1 mte: 1
23 se : 4096 - 4118
1 iee: 16
1 dte: 256
Moves:
From mte, to: mte 0 se 1 iee 1 dte 1
From se, to: mte 0 se 1 iee 1 dte 1
From iee, to: mte 0 se 1 iee 0 dte 1
From dte, to: mte 0 se 1 iee 1 dte 0
Ok_ops: move=1, reserve=1 sense_dev=1, sense_ele=1, unload_any=1, sense_dev_
range=1
Device characteristics: two_d=0, is_120=0, fake_mte=1, fake_iee=0, one_targe
t=0
State of barcode reader: present
Display: none
Dte 1: target 4 lun * no drive configured in dte
Warning: bus info unknown or drive not installed
ULT3580:
Device type: tape
Model: IDM
Serial number: [none]
In service: yes
World Wide Name: IDM
Automount: yes
Error rate: 8
Query frequency: 131072KB (134217728 bytes) (from driver)
Debug mode: no
Blocking factor: (default)
Max blocking factor: (default)
UUID: 8df27857-7920-4e3c-9476-38799f1bb7d3
Attachment 1:
Host: EIS-DATA
Raw device: //./obt0
Connection type: SCSI
Inquiry data:
Vendor: IBM
Product: ULT3580-TD3
Firmware: 6BA1
Serial number: 1210245771
Tape state: offline
Hardware compression: on
Last read was: uncompressed
Maximum block size: 262144
ob> catxcr -fl0 1.1
2008/11/03.09:33:26 ____________________________________________________________
2008/11/03.09:33:26
2008/11/03.09:33:26 Transcript for job 1.1 running on EIS-DATA
2008/11/03.09:33:26
2008/11/03.09:33:27 (atv) wait_ready failed - device offline (OB scsi device dr
iver)
2008/11/03.09:33:27 ---
2008/11/03.09:33:27 The volume in ULT3580 is not usable for job 1.1.
2008/11/03.09:33:27 The problem using ULT3580 and the volume it contains, if any, is
2008/11/03.09:33:27 device offline (OB scsi device driver)
ob> pingdev TL-2000
Info: library TL-2000 accessible.
ob> pingdev ULT3580
Info: drive ULT3580 accessible.
TIA

We need to increase the debug to see more output. Set the operations/backupoptions to -JJJJv and then re-run the backup and paste the transcript from that. Hopefully that will show more of the problem.

HT1533 how to mount a volume on a mac

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