Keep TC-Partition mounted

I was screening several discussion groups since days w/o success to find an answer to my problem...
My desired TC-usage would be to store content of iTunes, iPhoto an iMovie on it. I created 2 partitions thatfore - one for TM-backups and one for file storage. Now I want to mount the second partition so it always allows those applications to access it. Unfortuantely it only keeps mounted as long as TM is backing up, than it is gone. When starting i.e. iPhoto, it can´t find its library anymore and shutting down.
Can someone please help with the correct settings I have to make? Appreciate any help. Thanks.

Robert Ferstl wrote:
Re partitioning: I used the buttom "Partition" in Disk Utility.app Might be that it does not create a Partition but an Image.
Disk Utility cannot partition a Time Capsule's internal disk.
Did you partition the +sparse bundle+ that's on the TC's internal disk? If so, don't. That's for Time Machine's exclusive use. Use Disk Utility to remove it and expand the original partition to fill the space.
If you created a disk image, as Bob suggests, be sure it's not inside Time Machine's sparse bundle.

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Last edited by rgeo (2009-03-23 15:51:17)

rgeo,
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rootfs 59G 34G 22G 61% /
dev 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /dev
run 7.8G 20M 7.8G 1% /run
/dev/sda2 59G 34G 22G 61% /
tmpfs 7.8G 1.4M 7.8G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 4.9G 300M 4.6G 6% /tmp
/dev/sda1 194M 50M 135M 27% /boot
/dev/mapper/derp-var 35G 25G 8.6G 74% /varhdd
/dev/mapper/derp-home 866G 456G 367G 56% /home
/dev/mapper/shitgate-dolan 2.7T 2.3T 315G 88% /dolan
gvfsd-fuse 866G 456G 367G 56% /home/root/.gvfs
tmpfs 4.9G 300M 4.6G 6% /tmp
/dev/sda1 194M 50M 135M 27% /boot
/dev/mapper/shitgate-dolan 2.7T 2.3T 315G 88% /dolan
/dev/mapper/derp-home 866G 456G 367G 56% /home
/dev/mapper/derp-var 35G 25G 8.6G 74% /varhdd
gvfsd-fuse 866G 456G 367G 56% /home/root/.gvfs
tmpfs 4.9G 300M 4.6G 6% /tmp
/dev/sda1 194M 50M 135M 27% /boot
/dev/mapper/shitgate-dolan 2.7T 2.3T 315G 88% /dolan
/dev/mapper/derp-var 35G 25G 8.6G 74% /varhdd
/dev/mapper/derp-home 866G 456G 367G 56% /home
tmpfs 4.9G 300M 4.6G 6% /tmp
/dev/sda1 194M 50M 135M 27% /boot
/dev/mapper/derp-var 35G 25G 8.6G 74% /varhdd
/dev/mapper/shitgate-dolan 2.7T 2.3T 315G 88% /dolan
/dev/mapper/derp-home 866G 456G 367G 56% /home
gvfsd-fuse 866G 456G 367G 56% /home/root/.gvfs
tmpfs 4.9G 300M 4.6G 6% /tmp
/dev/sda1 194M 50M 135M 27% /boot
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/dev/mapper/derp-var 35G 25G 8.6G 74% /varhdd
/dev/mapper/derp-home 866G 456G 367G 56% /home
gvfsd-fuse 866G 456G 367G 56% /home/root/.gvfs
tmpfs 4.9G 300M 4.6G 6% /tmp
/dev/sda1 194M 50M 135M 27% /boot
/dev/mapper/shitgate-dolan 2.7T 2.3T 315G 88% /dolan
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/dev/mapper/derp-home 866G 456G 367G 56% /home
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/dev/sda1 194M 50M 135M 27% /boot
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Not quite sure what to make of this, no significant updates applied before it started happening
Should I be concerned?

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