Unknown disk2 in Disk Utility

Hi!
There ia an unknown "disk2" in Disk Utility. When I check for Information I see:
Name :
disk2
Type :
Disk Image
Disk Identifier :
disk2
Media Name :
Apple read/write Media
Connection Bus :
Disk Image
Full Path :
Not mounted
Partition Map Scheme :
No partition map
Device Tree :
IODeviceTree:/
Writable :
Yes
Ejectable :
Yes
Total Capacity :
1.02 GB (1024000000 Bytes)
Disk Number :
2
Partition Number :
0
And I saw disk2, disk3 and disk4 yesterday. Where are they come from?

Where are you seeing that? Provide a screenshot. BTW, since it's a disk image, it might be something left over from one you mounted and then ejected. IIRC, DU doesn't update it's listing like it should and you have to manually drag them out of the DU window.

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    2013-01-28 04:42:00 -0700: Record 0x1dce1 contains invalid security Id (0x260)                           
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    If you can get it to show up in Disk Utility, try reformatting (erasing) it in Disk Utility. If that process completes without stalling or errors, quit Disk Utility and run iTunes. Immediately attempt to do another Restore to install the iPod's software and initialize.
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  • Disk utility reports "Device could not be opened" - error when trying to format a new drive in a Mac Pro 1,1

    MacPro 1,1 Quadcore 3 GHz (2006 "Woodcrest")
    32 GB RAM
    ATI Radeon HD 5770
    OS X 10.7.5 Lion
    I have encountered the following behavior when trying to format a new drive with disk utility. This description has also been send via the Mac Pro feedback as a bug report to Apple.
    On searching the web and forums with this particular error message and behaviour I could not find any usful results. So maybe the following description may be helpful for some users.
    Best regards.
    1. Drive Bay 1 contains the original 250 GB Startupdisk. It works without errors.
    2. Drive Bays 3 and 4 contain each a WD Caviar Black 2 TB SATA 3 HDD. They work without errors.
    3. I have purchased a third WD Caviar Black 2 TB HDD.
    4. In Drive Bay 2 there has been a Seagate 750 GB HDD, which worked in conjunction with all the other drives without error.
    5. I exchanged the Seagate HDD in Drive Bay 2 with the new WD Caviar Black 2 TB HDD.
    6. On starting the system, it will report to initialize the new drive.
    7. On trying to initialize the new drive with disk utility it reports the error [translated from German] "Erasing of the volume has failed. The device could not be opened."
    8. I thought that the drive is faulty. Thus I created an RMA-Case at WD. They exchanged the drive without problems.
    9. On getting the exchanged WD Caviar Black 2 TB drive I put it in Drive Bay 2 as before.
    10. On trying to erase and format the exchange drive I got the same error message "Drive could not be opened."
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    13. After disk utility finished formatting, I put back the original drives into Drive Bay 3 and 4 and put the now newly formatted drive back into Drive Bay 2.
    14. After switching on the computer the system start and login proceeds without any error message. All drives appear as expected on the desktop.

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    The antivirus program our company uses, Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, was causing some of the PDF files not to open. After troubleshooting the different modules and settings the culprit was..
    Scan SSL in Privacy Control Settings. Turning it OFF solved the problem and all the PDF files that previously would not open now open just fine. This issue has been sent to Bitdefender for them to review. If you use a different antivirus program and are having this issue try locating the Scan SSL setting and see if turning it off solves the problem.

  • RAID failed - Can't find status in disk utility

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    I did order another hard drive that is exactly the same and it should be here in a couple of days. I also know that this is the hard drive that was accidentally ejected while the server was running before, but when the hard drive was put back in, the RAID rebuilt it and has been running fine till now. I am pretty sure that I shut the server off before when the hard drive got ejected and it would boot, so I'm just not sure exactly what this all means as the Hitachi software tells me there is nothing wrong with the drive.
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    Anyway, I ran some commands and here are the results:
    megaraid -showstatus
    MEGARAID CLI version 1.0.12
    No cmd argument
    Um, so I think I remebered the command incorrectly and I did -showdevices instead. Sorry.
    megaraid -showdevices
    Physical devices Available = 3
    Drive ID Identification Size(MB) Status
    0 Hitachi HDS722580VLSA80 78529 Failed
    1 Hitachi HDS722580VLSA80 78529 Online
    2 Hitachi HDS722580VLSA80 78529 Online
    diskutil list
    /dev/disk0
    #: type name size identifier
    0: Applepartitionscheme *153.3GB disk0
    1: Applepartitionmap 31.5KB disk0s1
    2: AppleHFSServer HD 153.2GB disk0s3
    /dev/disk1
    #: type name size identifier
    0: Applepartitionscheme *2.6GB disk1
    1: Applepartitionmap 31.5KB disk1s1
    2: AppleDriveATAPI 4.0KB disk1s2
    /dev/disk2
    #: type name size identifier
    0: untitled *467.0KB disk2
    /dev/disk3
    #: type name size identifier
    0: untitled *95.0KB disk3
    /dev/disk4
    #: type name size identifier
    0: untitled *95.0KB disk4
    /dev/disk5
    #: type name size identifier
    0: untitled *95.0KB disk5
    /dev/disk6
    #: type name size identifier
    0: untitled *219.0KB disk6
    megaraid -showconfig
    Logical Drive RAID Level Stripe Size(KB) Size(MB) Status
    0 5 64 156958 Degraded
    megaraid -showapater
    FW Version = A130
    Bios Version = G117
    Product Name = MegaRAID SATA 150-4D
    Cache Size = 64MB
    diskutil checkRAID
    No RAID sets found
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  • Can't boot into Windows after splitting Mac partition with Disk Utility

    Hi everyone,
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    I did that, and now Windows doesn't boot. A Windows blue screen tells me I need to use the Windows DVD to repair it.
    I tried to use Disk Utility to delete the two new partitions I made and grow the Mac partition back to the max size of 871 GB. But it doesn't let me do this. The Disk Utility log doesn't report an error and thinks it worked but the partition stays the same size. However if I make the partition a little smaller, like 870 GB then it works. I'm wondering if the Recovery partition is hiding there and preventing me from fully expanding the Mac partition.
    What can I do?
    Here's what I get if I type in sudo gpt -r -vv show disk0:
    Code: 
    gpt show: disk0: mediasize=1000204886016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1953525168 gpt show: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0 gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1 gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1953525167 start        size  index  contents 0           1         MBR 1           1         Pri GPT header 2          32         Pri GPT table 34           6 40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B 409640  1701278816      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC 1701688456     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC 1702957992     1846360 1704804352   248002560      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7 1952806912      718223 1953525135          32         Sec GPT table 1953525167           1         Sec GPT header
    Here's what I get if I type sudo fdisk /dev/rdisk0:
    Code: 
    Disk: /dev/rdisk0     geometry: 121601/255/63 [1953525168 sectors] Signature: 0xAA55 Starting       Ending #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID> 2: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 - 1701278816] HFS+ 3: AB 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1701688456 -    1269536] Darwin Boot *4: 07 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1704804352 -  248002560] HPFS/QNX/AUX
    Here's what I get with gdisk:
    Code: 
    Disk /dev/rdisk0: 1953525168 sectors, 931.5 GiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 6075110F-7CEF-4604-85EE-6231B850E2AE Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 1953525134 Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries Total free space is 2564589 sectors (1.2 GiB)  Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name 1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00  EFI System Partition 2          409640      1701688455   811.2 GiB   AF00  1 TB APPLE HDD HTS54101 3      1701688456      1702957991   619.9 MiB   AB00  Recovery HD 4      1704804352      1952806911   118.3 GiB   0700  BOOTCAMP

    Okay, the code I typed didn't display properly in the forum. Let me try again.
    Here's what I get when I type
    sudo gpt -r -vv show disk0:
    gpt show: disk0: mediasize=1000204886016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1953525168
    gpt show: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
    gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
    gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1953525167
           start        size  index  contents
               0           1         MBR
               1           1         Pri GPT header
               2          32         Pri GPT table
              34           6        
              40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
          409640  1701278816      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
      1701688456     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
      1702957992     1846360        
      1704804352   248002560      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
      1952806912      718223        
      1953525135          32         Sec GPT table
      1953525167           1         Sec GPT header
    And when I type fdisk /dev/rdisk0 I get:
    Disk: /dev/rdisk0          geometry: 121601/255/63 [1953525168 sectors]
    Signature: 0xAA55
             Starting       Ending
    #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
    1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
    2: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 - 1701278816] HFS+       
    3: AB 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1701688456 -    1269536] Darwin Boot
    *4: 07 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1704804352 -  248002560] HPFS/QNX/AUX
    Kappy,
    I can boot into OS X just fine so if possible, I'd like to avoid reformatting everything. If you know of a way I can add more than 2 partitions with OS X and Boot Camp, please let me know. As far as I know, rEFInd can recognize more than two partitions, but I don't think it can edit partitions on a GPT / hybrid MBR system. Or am I wrong?

  • Problems with Disk Utility

    Hi,
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    I get the grey screen with the Apple and progress wheel, but then nothing.
    I have booted from an external USB hard disk (also 10.6) and ran disk utility.
    S.M.A.R.T. reports all ok
    Repair disk reports all ok
    Repair disk permissions fails with the following error:
    Error: Permissions verify or repair failed
    I've checked the system.log file and this is the error:
    com.apple.DiskManagement.RepairPermissions|2011-09-05 18:15:02 +0100
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    Can anyone please advise on how I repair this, or do I need to buy Disk Warrior and rebuild the directory structure?
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    GD

    Hi,
    Thanks for the reply.
    Superduper to create a bootable carbon copy and TM for incrementals.
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  • Tiger Disk Utility filled up target AND system disk, CANNOT reboot!

    I used Apple Disk utility to securely erase free space on a target drive on my laptop. Disk Utility filled both my target disk and system disk (system disk was not even specified in the erase procedure). Both disks have ZERO bytes free. The System disk will NOT startup and I cannot use DiskWarrior to rebuild the directory cuz there is no space. Tried using terminal to rm temp files, but it did not see the system disk.
    *Problem Path:*
    1) Laptop (Leopard OS X current version) video stopped working. Likely known problem with Graphics card.
    2) Connected G5 (Tiger) to Laptop via Firewire with Laptop working in Target Disk mode (data only mode).
    3) Laptop disk showed up as a disk volume on G5.
    4) Used Apple disk utility on Tiger G5 to securely erase FREE disk space on Laptop disk drive B4 taking it in to get repairs. Amount to be securely erased was appr 65 to 70 GB.
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    6) Next day, the G5 disk utility said that it would be an est. 97 hours to complete. Stopped process.
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    8) Attempted to restart with literature saying that you can restart Disk Utility as though it would delete temp files and start again. System could not be found (folder/face/folder/face showed on the screen)
    *Attempted Solution:* (DW ~ DiskWarrior 4)
    1) Started system up using DW CD. System disk came up as unknown.
    2) Used Disk Warrior to rebuild directory on disk, but I believe that there is NO space at all. Disk Warrior took a very long time...more than an hour.
    3) Terminated DW (it was still verifying directory)
    4) Restarted system from Tiger install.
    5) Attempted to use Tiger Disk Utility to verify system disk (System still can see it, but won't mount it-- name is now disk1s3 or something like that). Disk Utility said that disk directory had problems and needed to be repaired. Ran the repair, but Disk Utility said that it could not be repaired.
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    Hello HB3, and a warm welcome to the forums!
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    Anyone know of a utility that can help?
    If DiskWarrior can't fix it, you might try Data Rescue II...
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    http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php
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    http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?%20mainpage=product_info&productsid=1
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  • Disk Utility crashed?

    Hi guys does the below mean anything to anyone.
    I had a CD in the dvd drive (a game play disk) and when i pressed the eject key on the keyboard the CD did not eject, so i open Disk Utility to eject the CD that way and Disk Utility locked up.
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    console log at time of the first Disk Utility crash.
    05/11/2009 13:50:43 Disk Utility[6932] Image “other game.dmg” created successfully.
    05/11/2009 13:52:57 com.apple.launchd[113] (0x10bb50.Locum[7062]) Exited: Terminated
    05/11/2009 13:57:31 com.apple.launchd[113] (0x10b920.Locum[7159]) Exited: Terminated
    05/11/2009 13:59:28 com.apple.launchd[113] (0x10baf0.Locum[7181]) Exited: Terminated
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    05/11/2009 14:06:00 com.apple.quicklook[7210] No accelerated IMDCT transform found
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    05/11/2009 14:27:44 [0x0-0x6006].com.apple.dock[126] CPSPostEventRecordTo failed -600 /Users/Ray/Library/Widgets/RPG.wdgt/
    05/11/2009 14:27:44 [0x0-0x6006].com.apple.dock[126] CPSPostEventRecordTo failed -600 /Library/Widgets/Calculator.wdgt/
    05/11/2009 14:27:44 [0x0-0x6006].com.apple.dock[126] CPSPostEventRecordTo failed -600 /Library/Widgets/World Clock.wdgt/
    05/11/2009 14:27:44 [0x0-0x6006].com.apple.dock[126] CPSPostEventRecordTo failed -600 /Library/Widgets/iCal.wdgt/
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    05/11/2009 14:32:05 com.apple.KernelEventAgent[25] KernelEventAgent: sysctl_queryfs: No such file or directory
    05/11/2009 14:32:05 com.apple.KernelEventAgent[25] KernelEventAgent: sysctl_queryfs: No such file or directory
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    05/11/2009 14:32:05 com.apple.KernelEventAgent[25] KernelEventAgent: sysctl_queryfs: No such file or directory
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    05/11/2009 14:32:35 com.apple.KernelEventAgent[25] KernelEventAgent: sysctl_queryfs: No such file or directory
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    05/11/2009 15:07:19 com.apple.launchd[113] (com.apple.Spotlight[120]) Exited: Terminated
    05/11/2009 15:07:19 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x8008].com.apple.systemuiserver[127]) Exited: Terminated
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    05/11/2009 15:07:19 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x6006].com.apple.dock[126]) Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 7575 PPID 1 DashboardClient
    05/11/2009 15:07:19 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x6006].com.apple.dock[126]) Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 7574 PPID 1 DashboardClient
    05/11/2009 15:07:19 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x6006].com.apple.dock[126]) Exited: Terminated
    05/11/2009 15:07:19 com.apple.WindowServer[50] Name ATY,Piton matches IOService:/MacRISC4PE/pci@0,f0000000/AppleMacRiscAGP/ATY,PitonParent@10/ATY,Pit on_A@0, new version 01018058, current version 01018058
    05/11/2009 15:07:19 com.apple.WindowServer[50] Name ATY,Piton matches IOService:/MacRISC4PE/pci@0,f0000000/AppleMacRiscAGP/ATY,PitonParent@10/ATY,Pit on_B@1, new version 01018058, current version 01018058
    05/11/2009 15:07:39 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x185185].com.roxio.Toast[7592]) Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing.
    05/11/2009 15:07:39 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x16f16f].com.apple.systempreferences[7381]) Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing.
    05/11/2009 15:07:39 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x165165].com.apple.DiskUtility[7281]) Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing.
    05/11/2009 15:07:39 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x133133].com.apple.finder[6828]) Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing.
    05/11/2009 15:07:39 com.apple.launchd[113] (com.apple.RemoteUI[7443]) Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing.
    05/11/2009 15:07:44 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x185185].com.roxio.Toast[7592]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 5 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:44 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x16f16f].com.apple.systempreferences[7381]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 5 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:44 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x165165].com.apple.DiskUtility[7281]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 5 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:44 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x133133].com.apple.finder[6828]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 5 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:44 com.apple.launchd[113] (com.apple.RemoteUI[7443]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 5 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:49 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x185185].com.roxio.Toast[7592]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 10 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:49 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x16f16f].com.apple.systempreferences[7381]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 10 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:49 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x165165].com.apple.DiskUtility[7281]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 10 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:49 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x133133].com.apple.finder[6828]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 10 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:49 com.apple.launchd[113] (com.apple.RemoteUI[7443]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 10 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:54 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x185185].com.roxio.Toast[7592]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 15 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:54 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x16f16f].com.apple.systempreferences[7381]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 15 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:54 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x165165].com.apple.DiskUtility[7281]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 15 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:54 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x133133].com.apple.finder[6828]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 15 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:54 com.apple.launchd[113] (com.apple.RemoteUI[7443]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 15 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:59 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x185185].com.roxio.Toast[7592]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 20 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:59 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x16f16f].com.apple.systempreferences[7381]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 20 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:59 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x165165].com.apple.DiskUtility[7281]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 20 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:59 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x133133].com.apple.finder[6828]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 20 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:07:59 com.apple.launchd[113] (com.apple.RemoteUI[7443]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 20 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:04 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x185185].com.roxio.Toast[7592]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 25 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:04 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x16f16f].com.apple.systempreferences[7381]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 25 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:04 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x165165].com.apple.DiskUtility[7281]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 25 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:04 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x133133].com.apple.finder[6828]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 25 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:04 com.apple.launchd[113] (com.apple.RemoteUI[7443]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 25 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:09 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x185185].com.roxio.Toast[7592]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 30 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:09 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x16f16f].com.apple.systempreferences[7381]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 30 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:09 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x165165].com.apple.DiskUtility[7281]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 30 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:09 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x133133].com.apple.finder[6828]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 30 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:09 com.apple.launchd[113] (com.apple.RemoteUI[7443]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 30 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:14 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x185185].com.roxio.Toast[7592]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 35 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:14 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x16f16f].com.apple.systempreferences[7381]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 35 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:14 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x165165].com.apple.DiskUtility[7281]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 35 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:14 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x133133].com.apple.finder[6828]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 35 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:14 com.apple.launchd[113] (com.apple.RemoteUI[7443]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 35 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:19 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x185185].com.roxio.Toast[7592]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 40 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:19 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x16f16f].com.apple.systempreferences[7381]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 40 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:19 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x165165].com.apple.DiskUtility[7281]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 40 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:19 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x133133].com.apple.finder[6828]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 40 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:19 com.apple.launchd[113] (com.apple.RemoteUI[7443]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 40 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:24 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x185185].com.roxio.Toast[7592]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 45 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:24 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x16f16f].com.apple.systempreferences[7381]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 45 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:24 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x165165].com.apple.DiskUtility[7281]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 45 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:24 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x133133].com.apple.finder[6828]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 45 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:24 com.apple.launchd[113] (com.apple.RemoteUI[7443]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 45 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:29 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x185185].com.roxio.Toast[7592]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 50 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:29 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x16f16f].com.apple.systempreferences[7381]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 50 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:29 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x165165].com.apple.DiskUtility[7281]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 50 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:29 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x133133].com.apple.finder[6828]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 50 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:29 com.apple.launchd[113] (com.apple.RemoteUI[7443]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 50 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:34 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x185185].com.roxio.Toast[7592]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 55 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:34 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x16f16f].com.apple.systempreferences[7381]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 55 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:34 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x165165].com.apple.DiskUtility[7281]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 55 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:34 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x133133].com.apple.finder[6828]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 55 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:34 com.apple.launchd[113] (com.apple.RemoteUI[7443]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 55 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:39 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x185185].com.roxio.Toast[7592]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 60 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:39 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x16f16f].com.apple.systempreferences[7381]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 60 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:39 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x165165].com.apple.DiskUtility[7281]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 60 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:39 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x133133].com.apple.finder[6828]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 60 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:08:39 com.apple.launchd[113] (com.apple.RemoteUI[7443]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 60 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:09:20 com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
    05/11/2009 15:08:44 com.apple.launchd[113] ([0x0-0x185185].com.roxio.Toast[7592]) Did not die after sending SIGKILL 65 seconds ago...
    05/11/2009 15:09:20 com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
    05/11/2009 15:09:22 com.apple.launchctl.System[2] launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
    05/11/2009 15:09:22 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.35EDF0C3-3677-4AE7-BE50-B37F90492542) Unknown key for string: cccTaskName
    05/11/2009 15:09:22 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.35EDF0C3-3677-4AE7-BE50-B37F90492542) Unknown key: cccTaskName
    05/11/2009 15:09:22 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.35EDF0C3-3677-4AE7-BE50-B37F90492542) Unknown key for dictionary: cccTimingDict
    05/11/2009 15:09:22 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.35EDF0C3-3677-4AE7-BE50-B37F90492542) Unknown value type '5' for key: cccNextFireDate
    05/11/2009 15:09:22 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.35EDF0C3-3677-4AE7-BE50-B37F90492542) Unknown key for string: cccTaskUUID
    05/11/2009 15:09:22 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.35EDF0C3-3677-4AE7-BE50-B37F90492542) Unknown key: cccTaskUUID
    05/11/2009 15:09:22 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.35EDF0C3-3677-4AE7-BE50-B37F90492542) Unknown key: ServiceDescription
    05/11/2009 15:09:22 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.35EDF0C3-3677-4AE7-BE50-B37F90492542) Unknown key for dictionary: cccTaskDict
    05/11/2009 15:09:22 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.35EDF0C3-3677-4AE7-BE50-B37F90492542) Unknown key for integer: cccVersion
    05/11/2009 15:09:22 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.RemoteDesktop.PrivilegeProxy) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
    05/11/2009 15:09:22 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.usbmuxd) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
    05/11/2009 15:09:22 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
    05/11/2009 15:09:22 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
    05/11/2009 15:09:22 com.apple.launchd[1] (org.x.privileged_startx) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
    05/11/2009 15:09:35 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.aslmanager) Throttling respawn: Will start in 3 seconds
    05/11/2009 15:09:36 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.aslmanager) Throttling respawn: Will start in 3 seconds
    05/11/2009 15:09:36 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.aslmanager) Throttling respawn: Will start in 3 seconds
    05/11/2009 15:09:38 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.aslmanager) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
    05/11/2009 15:09:40 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[76]) Exited: Terminated
    05/11/2009 15:09:41 com.apple.launchd[82] (org.x.startx) Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
    05/11/2009 15:09:42 com.apple.coreservicesd[46] NOTE: Using non-mach-based version of client -> server communication, via direct function calls.
    05/11/2009 15:09:42 com.apple.coreservicesd[46] NOTE: Using non-mach-based version of client -> server communication, via direct function calls.
    05/11/2009 15:09:43 com.apple.coreservicesd[46] NOTE: Using non-mach-based version of client -> server communication, via direct function calls.
    05/11/2009 15:09:43 com.apple.coreservicesd[46] NOTE: Using non-mach-based version of client -> server communication, via direct function calls.
    05/11/2009 15:09:46 com.apple.coreservicesd[46] NOTE: Using non-mach-based version of client -> server communication, via direct function calls.
    05/11/2009 15:09:46 com.apple.coreservicesd[46] NOTE: Using non-mach-based version of client -> server communication, via direct function calls.
    05/11/2009 15:09:46 SystemUIServer[102]
    MenuCracker
    see http://sourceforge.net/projects/menucracker
    MenuCracker is now loaded. Ready to accept new menus. Ignore the failure message that follow.

    I managed to save a crash report from Disk Utility - the report was unable to gather system info - well thats what it stated under the Tab in the error window.
    05/11/2009 14:16:20 Disk Utility[7281] ********
    05/11/2009 14:16:20 Disk Utility[7281] Disk Utility started.
    05/11/2009 14:16:20 Disk Utility[7281] Disk Utility started.
    Date/Time: 2009-11-05 14:21:30 +0000
    OS Version: 10.5.8 (Build 9L31a)
    Architecture: ppc
    Report Version: 4
    Command: Disk Utility
    Path: /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/Disk Utility
    Version: 11.1 (252.4)
    Build Version: 8
    Project Name: DiskUtility
    Source Version: 2520400
    Parent: launchd [113]
    PID: 7281
    Event: hang
    Time: 9.81s
    Steps: 77
    Process: Disk Utility [7281]
    Path: /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/Disk Utility
    ADDRESS BINARY
    00001000 /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/Disk Utility
    00056000 /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/DUSupport.framework/Versions/A/DUSuppo rt
    000be000 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/Versions/A/DiskManag ement
    00165000 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskImages.framework/Versions/A/DiskImages
    002ca000 /System/Library/Frameworks/DiscRecording.framework/Versions/A/DiscRecording
    003ff000 /System/Library/Frameworks/DiscRecordingUI.framework/Versions/A/DiscRecordingUI
    00446000 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Restore.framework/Versions/A/Restore
    0044e000 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MediaKit.framework/Versions/A/MediaKit
    00491000 /usr/lib/libcurl.4.dylib
    0063c000 /System/Library/Extensions/IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ SCSITaskUserClient.kext/Contents/PlugIns/SCSITaskLib.plugin/Contents/MacOS/SCSIT askLib
    04776000 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libCGXCoreImage.A.dylib
    047a8000 /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/PlugIns/ASR.dumodule/Contents/MacOS/ASR
    0492d000 /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/MacOS/RawCamera
    0637b000 /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/PlugIns/DFA.dumodule/Contents/MacOS/DFA
    0638e000 /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/PlugIns/Erase.dumodule/Contents/MacOS/Erase
    063a4000 /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/PlugIns/Info.dumodule/Contents/MacOS/Info
    063f4000 /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/PlugIns/Partition.dumodule/Contents/MacOS/Partition
    06424000 /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app/Contents/PlugIns/RAID2.dumodule/Contents/MacOS/RAID2
    Process: kernel_task [0]
    Path: kernel_task
    ADDRESS BINARY
    Thread id: 452e78
    Thread id: 5c8cbe0
    Thread id: 5c8c838
    Thread id: 5c8c490
    Thread id: 5c8c0e8
    Thread id: 5c8bd40
    Thread id: 5c8b998
    Thread id: 5c8b248
    Thread id: 5ebd000
    Thread id: 5ebed40
    Kernel stack:
    77 buf_listunlock + 104 [0xdea48]
    77 _msleep + 176 [0x2aa1fc]
    77 _ureadc + 1560 [0x2a9e28]
    77 lck_mtxsleep + 92 [0x300f0]
    77 thread_blockreason + 180 [0x36b98]
    77 Switchcontext + 452 [0xb1fa4]
    Thread id: 5ebf490
    Thread id: 5ec0000
    Thread id: 5fc7be0
    Thread id: 5fc70e8
    Thread id: 5ebe248
    Thread id: 5fc7490
    Thread id: 5fc5750
    Thread id: 5fc53a8
    Thread id: 5ebf838
    Thread id: 5ec0750
    Thread id: 5fc6d40
    Thread id: 5ec2838
    Thread id: 5ebdaf8
    Thread id: 5fc6248
    Thread id: 5c8a3a8
    Thread id: 5c8a000
    Thread id: 60c05f0
    Thread id: 60c1838
    Thread id: 5c8aea0
    Thread id: 5fc5ea0
    Kernel stack:
    77 ifnetinput + 3044 [0x12ecc4]
    77 _msleep + 176 [0x2aa1fc]
    77 _ureadc + 1560 [0x2a9e28]
    77 lck_mtxsleep + 92 [0x300f0]
    77 thread_blockreason + 180 [0x36b98]
    77 Switchcontext + 452 [0xb1fa4]
    Thread id: 5ebd3a8
    Thread id: 5fc7838
    Thread id: 5ec1248
    Thread id: 60c1be0
    Thread id: 5ec0ea0
    Thread id: 5ebe998
    Thread id: 60c10e8
    Kernel stack:
    77 macxswapinfo + 568 [0x2f06f0]
    77 mach_msgreceive + 140 [0x24860]
    77 ipc_mqueuereceive + 716 [0x1ef60]
    77 thread_blockreason + 180 [0x36b98]
    77 Switchcontext + 452 [0xb1fa4]
    Thread id: 60c0d40
    Thread id: 60bfea0
    Thread id: 68e8490
    Kernel stack:
    77 ifnetinput + 3044 [0x12ecc4]
    77 _msleep + 176 [0x2aa1fc]
    77 _ureadc + 1560 [0x2a9e28]
    77 lck_mtxsleep + 92 [0x300f0]
    77 thread_blockreason + 180 [0x36b98]
    77 Switchcontext + 452 [0xb1fa4]
    Thread id: 7099d40
    Thread id: 709c248
    Kernel stack:
    1 __ZN10IOWorkLoop10threadMainEv + 44 [0x35c1e8]
    1 __ZN10IOWorkLoop15runEventSourcesEv + 164 [0x35c134]
    1 __ZN22IOInterruptEventSource12checkForWorkEv + 184 [0x35ced0]
    1 com.apple.ATIRadeon9700 (5.4.8) + 36296 [0x62d7edc8]
    1 mlckPatchisync + 708 [0xac898]
    1 lck_mtx_lockwait + 416 [0x30bcc]
    1 thread_blockreason + 180 [0x36b98]
    1 Switchcontext + 452 [0xb1fa4]
    Thread id: 709a0e8
    Thread id: 70995f0
    Thread id: 7099998
    Kernel stack:
    77 com.apple.filesystems.autofs (2.0.2) + 31304 [0x62a9ca48]
    77 _msleep + 176 [0x2aa1fc]
    77 _ureadc + 1520 [0x2a9e00]
    77 lck_mtx_sleepdeadline + 108 [0x3019c]
    77 thread_blockreason + 180 [0x36b98]
    77 Switchcontext + 452 [0xb1fa4]
    Thread id: 709d838
    Thread id: 7558000
    Kernel stack:
    77 com.apple.filesystems.smbfs (1.4.6) + 150856 [0x6b55ad48]
    77 _msleep + 176 [0x2aa1fc]
    77 _ureadc + 1904 [0x2a9f80]
    77 thread_blockreason + 180 [0x36b98]
    77 Switchcontext + 452 [0xb1fa4]
    SHARED FRAMEWORK AREA
    ADDRESS BINARY
    90003000 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchS ervices.framework/Versions/A/LaunchServices
    9009b000 /usr/lib/libbz2.1.0.dylib
    900a9000 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libPng.dylib
    900c6000 /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Accelerate
    900c7000 /System/Library/Frameworks/AudioUnit.framework/Versions/A/AudioUnit
    900c8000 /System/Library/Frameworks/QuartzCore.framework/Versions/A/QuartzCore
    9042e000 /System/Library/Frameworks/SystemConfiguration.framework/Versions/A/SystemConfi guration
    90468000 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ HIServices.framework/Versions/A/HIServices
    9050b000 /System/Library/Frameworks/AudioToolbox.framework/Versions/A/AudioToolbox
    90724000 /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.fr amework/Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib
    90cdf000 /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
    90f98000 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ QD.framework/Versions/A/QD
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