Unmount Ram disk drives

Hello, I had Ram Disk Utility Pro, and made many devices with my iMac.
ex: Safari /dev/disk1
iTunes /dev/disk2
It is very helpful for faster my iMac, but when I shut down iMac, it will let iMac run long long time to done.(T ^ T)
I didn't use write back to HD function, but it still slow down the shut down.
Can I use Automator to make iMac unmount those Ram Disk devices before shut down?
What is the AppleScript or ShellScript?~(・・？））
Sorry I'm a new Mac OS user
Thank you very much m(_ _)m

I believe 2.5 gigs is the RAM limit for 32 bit applications which includes Final Cut Pro. Regardless it would not expedite render time since rendering is processor based for most effects minus fxplug effects which are processed through the gfx card.

Similar Messages

How do I restore from time machine backup onto unmounted disk drive "disk0s2?" :-(

In trying to restore my MacBook Pro after a strange freeze, I seemed to have unmounted the main disk drive. So, I have no drive on which to restore my computer using my time machine backup. What do I do now???

Give this a try:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions - Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
See if you are able to get the partition to mount. If not select the Terminal from the Utiilities menu. At the prompt enter:
sudo mount disk0s1
Press RETURN and authenticate. Your password will not be echoed. Press RETURN again. I'm assuming you have a disk with one partition. If that's not correct, then do not use the above command.

[SOLVED] Suspend to ram / disk not working in newer kernels

Hi all,
this puzzles me for a while:
My desktop system was able to suspend to ram / disk flawlessly in older kernels. It stopped working with 3.3. The suspend seems to work, the machine goes to standby. But when I try to resume, the machines is on but the screen stays black. Neither the console is working nor can I ssh into it. Only hard reset gets me out here
I did investigate and found many tips and hints which all led to nowhere. I even changed my filesystem back from btrfs to ext4 and my VGA module from proprietary nvidia to nouveau.
When this all failed I got to the idea to burn several install disks. One of the official 2011.08.19 (kernel 3.0.3) and one of the snapshots 2012.06.05_04-00-01 (kernel 3.3.7) and 2012.07.17_04-00-01 (kernel 3.4.4). I guess these can not be compromised by some hosed installation. I started one by one and issued the follwing command:
echo mem > /sys/power/state
which suspends the machine successfully in all three cases. With 2011.08.19 the resume is working but the other two fail. Some more info about the hardware:
1. lspci output
harvey@obelix ~ $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DMI (rev 11)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 11)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 11)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Management Registers (rev 11)
00:08.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Semaphore and Scratchpad Registers (rev 11)
00:08.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Control and Status Registers (rev 11)
00:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Miscellaneous Registers (rev 11)
00:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link (rev 11)
00:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Routing and Protocol Registers (rev 11)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB Universal Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB Universal Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB Universal Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB Universal Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB Universal Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB Universal Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB Universal Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 06)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GT] (rev a1)
02:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03)
03:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller (rev 02)
03:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller (rev 02)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers (rev 04)
3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 04)
3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 04)
3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 04)
3f:03.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller (rev 04)
3f:03.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder (rev 04)
3f:03.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)
2. lsmod output of 2012.07.17_04-00-01:
harvey@obelix ~ $ lsmod
Module Size Used by
fuse 68768 0
tun 15297 0
rfcomm 33627 8
bnep 8793 2
nfsd 246714 2
exportfs 3665 1 nfsd
btusb 11764 0
joydev 9991 0
bluetooth 190551 22 bnep,btusb,rfcomm
rfkill 15604 2 bluetooth
snd_hda_codec_realtek 60409 1
snd_hda_intel 24053 3
snd_hda_codec 94305 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
microcode 12185 0
i7core_edac 17477 0
snd_hwdep 6300 1 snd_hda_codec
i2c_i801 8180 0
iTCO_wdt 12813 0
snd_pcm 74958 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
r8169 49386 0
coretemp 5654 0
edac_core 36656 3 i7core_edac
iTCO_vendor_support 1929 1 iTCO_wdt
serio_raw 4653 0
pcspkr 1899 0
snd_page_alloc 7185 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 18966 1 snd_pcm
mii 4123 1 r8169
snd 58997 12 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
soundcore 5410 1 snd
acpi_cpufreq 5933 0
mperf 1235 1 acpi_cpufreq
evdev 9754 4
processor 26567 1 acpi_cpufreq
vboxnetadp 18387 0
vboxnetflt 16743 0
vboxdrv 1791382 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
nfs 276056 1
nfs_acl 2359 2 nfs,nfsd
lockd 62987 2 nfs,nfsd
auth_rpcgss 32327 2 nfs,nfsd
sunrpc 184998 12 nfs,nfsd,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl
fscache 41059 1 nfs
aes_x86_64 7508 64
cryptd 8741 0
aes_generic 26138 1 aes_x86_64
xts 3101 32
gf128mul 6050 1 xts
dm_crypt 16496 4
dm_mod 70918 9 dm_crypt
sr_mod 14823 0
cdrom 35648 1 sr_mod
hid_logitech 16560 0
ff_memless 4690 1 hid_logitech
usbhid 36430 1 hid_logitech
hid 85285 2 hid_logitech,usbhid
sd_mod 29239 7
pata_jmicron 2480 0
usb_storage 44760 0
pata_acpi 3408 0
ata_piix 23160 5
crc32c_intel 1987 0
ahci 20549 0
libahci 20023 1 ahci
ata_generic 3295 0
libata 167611 6 ahci,pata_acpi,libahci,ata_generic,ata_piix,pata_jmicron
scsi_mod 132974 4 usb_storage,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
uhci_hcd 23372 0
xhci_hcd 81440 0
ehci_hcd 40994 0
usbcore 147533 8 btusb,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,usbhid,xhci_hcd
usb_common 954 1 usbcore
floppy 58615 0
nouveau 784289 3
button 4502 1 nouveau
video 11307 1 nouveau
mxm_wmi 1425 1 nouveau
wmi 8475 2 mxm_wmi,nouveau
i2c_algo_bit 5391 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 33051 1 nouveau
ttm 64288 1 nouveau
drm 208926 5 ttm,drm_kms_helper,nouveau
i2c_core 20369 5 drm,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,nouveau
ext4 424175 4
crc16 1359 2 ext4,bluetooth
jbd2 73919 1 ext4
mbcache 5977 1 ext4
3. /var/log/pm-suspend.log of a not working suspend
Initial commandline parameters:
Tue Jul 17 11:21:18 CEST 2012: Running hooks for suspend.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging suspend suspend:
Linux obelix 3.4.5-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 16 21:35:54 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Module Size Used by
rfcomm 33627 8
bnep 8793 2
nfsd 246714 2
exportfs 3665 1 nfsd
ext4 424175 3
jbd2 73919 1 ext4
mbcache 5977 1 ext4
btusb 11764 0
bluetooth 190551 22 bnep,btusb,rfcomm
crc16 1359 2 ext4,bluetooth
joydev 9991 0
rfkill 15604 2 bluetooth
snd_hda_codec_realtek 60409 1
microcode 12185 0
coretemp 5654 0
serio_raw 4653 0
snd_hda_intel 24053 5
snd_hda_codec 94305 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
pcspkr 1899 0
snd_hwdep 6300 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 74958 3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 7217 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
r8169 49386 0
i7core_edac 17477 0
snd_timer 18966 1 snd_pcm
edac_core 36656 3 i7core_edac
mii 4123 1 r8169
snd 58997 15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
iTCO_wdt 12813 0
i2c_i801 8180 0
soundcore 5410 1 snd
iTCO_vendor_support 1929 1 iTCO_wdt
acpi_cpufreq 5933 0
mperf 1267 1 acpi_cpufreq
evdev 9754 4
processor 26567 1 acpi_cpufreq
vboxnetadp 18387 0
vboxnetflt 16743 0
vboxdrv 1791382 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
nfs 276056 1
nfs_acl 2359 2 nfs,nfsd
lockd 62987 2 nfs,nfsd
auth_rpcgss 32327 2 nfs,nfsd
sunrpc 184998 12 nfs,nfsd,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl
fscache 41059 1 nfs
btrfs 710578 1
libcrc32c 1002 1 btrfs
zlib_deflate 20436 1 btrfs
aes_x86_64 7508 64
cryptd 8741 0
aes_generic 26138 1 aes_x86_64
xts 3101 32
gf128mul 6050 1 xts
hid_logitech 16560 0
ff_memless 4690 1 hid_logitech
dm_crypt 16496 4
dm_mod 70918 9 dm_crypt
sr_mod 14823 0
cdrom 35648 1 sr_mod
usbhid 36430 1 hid_logitech
usb_storage 44760 0
hid 85285 2 hid_logitech,usbhid
sd_mod 29239 7
pata_jmicron 2480 0
pata_acpi 3408 0
ata_piix 23160 5
ata_generic 3295 0
uhci_hcd 23404 0
crc32c_intel 1987 1
ahci 20549 0
libahci 20023 1 ahci
libata 167611 6 ahci,pata_acpi,libahci,ata_generic,ata_piix,pata_jmicron
xhci_hcd 81472 0
ehci_hcd 41026 0
scsi_mod 132974 4 usb_storage,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
usbcore 147565 8 btusb,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,usbhid,xhci_hcd
usb_common 954 1 usbcore
floppy 58615 0
nouveau 784321 3
button 4502 1 nouveau
video 11307 1 nouveau
mxm_wmi 1425 1 nouveau
wmi 8475 2 mxm_wmi,nouveau
i2c_algo_bit 5391 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 33051 1 nouveau
ttm 64320 1 nouveau
drm 208958 5 ttm,drm_kms_helper,nouveau
i2c_core 20369 5 drm,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,nouveau
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 8173500 884060 7289440 0 3764 405872
-/+ buffers/cache: 474424 7699076
Swap: 8386556 0 8386556
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01grub suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01grub suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/49bluetooth suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/49bluetooth suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /etc/pm/sleep.d/90alsa suspend suspend:
/etc/pm/sleep.d/90alsa suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/98video-quirk-db-handler suspend suspend:
Kernel modesetting video driver detected, not using quirks.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/98video-quirk-db-handler suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video suspend suspend:
kernel.acpi_video_flags = 0
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video suspend suspend: success.
Tue Jul 17 11:21:18 CEST 2012: performing suspend
This seems to be a kernel bug. Any input?
Harvey
Last edited by Harey (2012-08-06 13:51:49)

Another life-sign. The issue is still unsolved but I've come a little further. It seems to be a combination of more failures. The first one is USB hardware. I have a usb keyboard-mouse combo from Logitech (comfort cordless desktop). The USB bus does not wake up correctly when resuming from suspend. So my keyboard is unsuable. I put in a file /etc/pm/sleep.d/20_custom-ehci_hcd with the following content:
BUSES="0000:00:1a.7 0000:00:1d.7"
case "${1}" in
hibernate|suspend)
# Switch USB buses off
for bus in $BUSES; do
echo -n $bus | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ehci_hcd/unbind
done
resume|thaw)
# Switch USB buses back on
for bus in $BUSES; do
echo -n $bus | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ehci_hcd/bind
done
esac
The bus IDs were taken from /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ehci_hcd
When I start pm-suspend from a console (no X started) this seems to reanimate my keyboard while the screen stays black (with backlight on). I can type and reboot. Also I can ssh into the machine from my laptop.
Concerning the blank screen there seems to be a bug in both the proprietary nvidia modules as well as the nouveau driver. The nvidia folks have issued a new beta driver which seems to at least minimize the failures. This all concerns the nv50-family of nvidias cards. I have a GF8600GT which is one of these
I'll wait for this driver and then restart my testing. Until then - no suspend/hibernate
EDIT: Today's nvidia 304.32 is solving my issues - I can sleep again
Harvey
Last edited by Harey (2012-08-06 13:52:51)

Suspend to ram/disk stopped working overnight

My suspend to ram/disk used to work fine, but overnight, it stopped. It is not an update issue since, I was able to suspend after the last update. I decided to update today hoping that it is going to solve the problem, but the problem persist.
Here is what happens:
$ sudo pm-suspend
or
$ sudo pm-hibernate
The computer suspends faster than usual, as if it does not take the time to complete the suspend procedure. When I turn the computer on, it starts to boot instead of resuming from suspend. In the case of hibernate, this is clearly obvious. Normally it is suppose to take 10-30 s. to save the memory data to the swap, but this time the computer shuts fast (1-2s.), and I doubt that all the data is saved to swap.
Here are the logs for each case (/var/log/pm-suspend.log):
suspend to ram:
Initial commandline parameters:
Sat Aug 25 23:16:03 EDT 2012: Running hooks for suspend.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging suspend suspend:
Linux gateway 3.4.9-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Aug 15 18:59:31 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Module Size Used by
xt_recent 7901 3
xt_tcpudp 2471 51
ip6table_mangle 1684 0
ipt_MASQUERADE 1738 1
nf_nat_ftp 1668 0
iptable_nat 4024 1
nf_nat 15100 3 nf_nat_ftp,ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4 6871 20 nf_nat,iptable_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4 1339 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
xt_TCPMSS 3439 5
xt_LOG 11943 48
ipt_REJECT 2281 0
iptable_mangle 1584 0
xt_multiport 1758 0
xt_state 1295 17
xt_limit 2041 51
xt_conntrack 3329 0
nf_conntrack_ftp 6261 1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack 61584 8 nf_nat_ftp,ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_nat,xt_state,xt_conntrack,nf_conntrack_ftp,iptable_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
ip6table_filter 1396 1
ip6_tables 18198 2 ip6table_filter,ip6table_mangle
iptable_filter 1456 1
ip_tables 16946 3 iptable_filter,iptable_mangle,iptable_nat
x_tables 16954 17 ip6table_filter,ip6table_mangle,xt_recent,ip_tables,xt_tcpudp,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_limit,xt_state,xt_conntrack,xt_LOG,xt_multiport,iptable_filter,xt_TCPMSS,ipt_REJECT,iptable_mangle,ip6_tables,iptable_nat
adt7475 20329 0
hwmon_vid 3196 1 adt7475
arc4 1410 2
sg 25344 0
st 35573 0
uas 8823 0
rtl8187 52559 0
mxm_wmi 1425 0
wmi 8475 1 mxm_wmi
shpchp 26305 0
pci_hotplug 23564 1 shpchp
eeprom_93cx6 2175 1 rtl8187
serio_raw 4653 0
i2c_algo_bit 5391 0
ttm 64320 0
drm_kms_helper 33051 0
drm 208958 2 ttm,drm_kms_helper
tpm_tis 9074 0
tpm 13765 1 tpm_tis
tpm_bios 5121 1 tpm
video 11307 0
b43 353506 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 60726 1
iTCO_wdt 12813 0
iTCO_vendor_support 1929 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_hda_intel 24053 0
snd_hda_codec 94305 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6300 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 74958 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 7217 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 18966 1 snd_pcm
snd 58997 6 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
soundcore 5410 1 snd
nvidia 11182217 0
sky2 49219 0
microcode 12345 0
i2c_i801 8180 0
ssb 48803 1 b43
pcspkr 1899 0
evdev 9754 11
firewire_ohci 31709 0
intel_agp 10936 0
firewire_core 51552 1 firewire_ohci
intel_gtt 14047 1 intel_agp
crc_itu_t 1363 1 firewire_core
thermal 7959 0
fan 2426 0
button 4502 0
pcmcia 35785 2 b43,ssb
bcma 22757 1 b43
mmc_core 82070 2 b43,ssb
coretemp 5654 0
i2c_core 20369 6 drm,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,adt7475,nvidia
mac80211 395712 2 b43,rtl8187
cfg80211 170255 3 b43,mac80211,rtl8187
rfkill 15604 1 cfg80211
pcmcia_core 12253 1 pcmcia
vboxnetadp 18387 0
vboxnetflt 16871 0
vboxdrv 1792216 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
acpi_cpufreq 5933 0
mperf 1299 1 acpi_cpufreq
processor 26567 1 acpi_cpufreq
nfs 276152 0
nfs_acl 2359 1 nfs
lockd 62987 1 nfs
auth_rpcgss 32327 1 nfs
sunrpc 185190 4 nfs,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl
fscache 41059 1 nfs
ext4 424871 6
crc16 1359 1 ext4
jbd2 73919 1 ext4
mbcache 5977 1 ext4
aes_x86_64 7508 40
cryptd 8741 0
aes_generic 26138 1 aes_x86_64
xts 3101 20
gf128mul 6050 1 xts
dm_crypt 16496 5
dm_mod 70918 11 dm_crypt
sr_mod 14823 0
cdrom 35648 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 29239 8
usbhid 36462 0
hid 85541 1 usbhid
usb_storage 44760 0
pata_jmicron 2480 0
pata_acpi 3408 0
ata_piix 23160 7
ata_generic 3295 0
uhci_hcd 23436 0
libata 167611 4 pata_acpi,ata_generic,ata_piix,pata_jmicron
scsi_mod 132736 7 sg,st,uas,usb_storage,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
ehci_hcd 41026 0
usbcore 147661 7 uas,uhci_hcd,rtl8187,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,usbhid
usb_common 954 1 usbcore
floppy 58615 0
vfat 10119 0
fat 49739 1 vfat
nls_cp437 5953 0
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 4052416 174372 3878044 0 20828 36868
-/+ buffers/cache: 116676 3935740
Swap: 5122680 0 5122680
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01grub suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01grub suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01laptop-mode suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01laptop-mode suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/49bluetooth suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/49bluetooth suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/50netcfg suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/50netcfg suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules suspend suspend:
Unloading kernel module rfkill...Done.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /etc/pm/sleep.d/90alsa suspend suspend:
/etc/pm/sleep.d/90alsa suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led suspend suspend:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/98video-quirk-db-handler suspend suspend:
nVidia binary video drive detected, not using quirks.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/98video-quirk-db-handler suspend suspend: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video suspend suspend:
kernel.acpi_video_flags = 0
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video suspend suspend: success.
Sat Aug 25 23:16:04 EDT 2012: performing suspend
hibernate:
Initial commandline parameters:
Sat Aug 25 22:13:46 EDT 2012: Running hooks for hibernate.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging hibernate hibernate:
Linux gateway 3.4.9-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Aug 15 18:59:31 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Module Size Used by
xt_recent 7901 3
xt_tcpudp 2471 51
ip6table_mangle 1684 0
ipt_MASQUERADE 1738 1
nf_nat_ftp 1668 0
iptable_nat 4024 1
nf_nat 15100 3 nf_nat_ftp,ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4 6871 20 nf_nat,iptable_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4 1339 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
xt_TCPMSS 3439 5
xt_LOG 11943 48
ipt_REJECT 2281 0
iptable_mangle 1584 0
xt_multiport 1758 0
xt_state 1295 17
xt_limit 2041 51
xt_conntrack 3329 0
nf_conntrack_ftp 6261 1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack 61584 8 nf_nat_ftp,ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_nat,xt_state,xt_conntrack,nf_conntrack_ftp,iptable_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
ip6table_filter 1396 1
ip6_tables 18198 2 ip6table_filter,ip6table_mangle
iptable_filter 1456 1
ip_tables 16946 3 iptable_filter,iptable_mangle,iptable_nat
x_tables 16954 17 ip6table_filter,ip6table_mangle,xt_recent,ip_tables,xt_tcpudp,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_limit,xt_state,xt_conntrack,xt_LOG,xt_multiport,iptable_filter,xt_TCPMSS,ipt_REJECT,iptable_mangle,ip6_tables,iptable_nat
adt7475 20329 0
hwmon_vid 3196 1 adt7475
sg 25344 0
st 35573 0
uas 8823 0
rtl8187 52559 0
mxm_wmi 1425 0
wmi 8475 1 mxm_wmi
shpchp 26305 0
pci_hotplug 23564 1 shpchp
eeprom_93cx6 2175 1 rtl8187
serio_raw 4653 0
i2c_algo_bit 5391 0
ttm 64320 0
drm_kms_helper 33051 0
drm 208958 2 ttm,drm_kms_helper
tpm_tis 9074 0
tpm 13765 1 tpm_tis
tpm_bios 5121 1 tpm
video 11307 0
nvidia 11182217 0
arc4 1410 2
snd_hda_codec_realtek 60726 1
snd_hda_intel 24053 0
snd_hda_codec 94305 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
b43 353506 0
ssb 48803 1 b43
snd_hwdep 6300 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 74958 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 7217 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 18966 1 snd_pcm
snd 58997 6 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
soundcore 5410 1 snd
sky2 49219 0
pcmcia 35785 2 b43,ssb
bcma 22757 1 b43
i2c_i801 8180 0
iTCO_wdt 12813 0
iTCO_vendor_support 1929 1 iTCO_wdt
thermal 7959 0
fan 2426 0
button 4502 0
firewire_ohci 31709 0
mmc_core 82070 2 b43,ssb
firewire_core 51552 1 firewire_ohci
intel_agp 10936 0
intel_gtt 14047 1 intel_agp
crc_itu_t 1363 1 firewire_core
i2c_core 20369 6 drm,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,adt7475,nvidia
pcspkr 1899 0
microcode 12345 0
evdev 9754 11
coretemp 5654 0
mac80211 395712 2 b43,rtl8187
cfg80211 170255 3 b43,mac80211,rtl8187
rfkill 15604 1 cfg80211
pcmcia_core 12253 1 pcmcia
vboxnetadp 18387 0
vboxnetflt 16871 0
vboxdrv 1792216 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
acpi_cpufreq 5933 0
mperf 1299 1 acpi_cpufreq
processor 26567 1 acpi_cpufreq
nfs 276152 0
nfs_acl 2359 1 nfs
lockd 62987 1 nfs
auth_rpcgss 32327 1 nfs
sunrpc 185190 4 nfs,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl
fscache 41059 1 nfs
ext4 424871 6
crc16 1359 1 ext4
jbd2 73919 1 ext4
mbcache 5977 1 ext4
aes_x86_64 7508 40
cryptd 8741 0
aes_generic 26138 1 aes_x86_64
xts 3101 20
gf128mul 6050 1 xts
dm_crypt 16496 5
dm_mod 70918 11 dm_crypt
usbhid 36462 0
sr_mod 14823 0
hid 85541 1 usbhid
sd_mod 29239 8
cdrom 35648 1 sr_mod
pata_jmicron 2480 0
usb_storage 44760 0
pata_acpi 3408 0
uhci_hcd 23436 0
ata_piix 23160 7
ata_generic 3295 0
libata 167611 4 pata_acpi,ata_generic,ata_piix,pata_jmicron
scsi_mod 132736 7 sg,st,uas,usb_storage,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
ehci_hcd 41026 0
usbcore 147661 7 uas,uhci_hcd,rtl8187,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,usbhid
usb_common 954 1 usbcore
floppy 58615 0
vfat 10119 0
fat 49739 1 vfat
nls_cp437 5953 0
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 2054092 156900 1897192 0 20680 36788
-/+ buffers/cache: 99432 1954660
Swap: 5122680 0 5122680
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00logging hibernate hibernate: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave hibernate hibernate:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave hibernate hibernate: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01grub hibernate hibernate:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01grub hibernate hibernate: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01laptop-mode hibernate hibernate:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/01laptop-mode hibernate hibernate: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/49bluetooth hibernate hibernate:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/49bluetooth hibernate hibernate: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/50netcfg hibernate hibernate:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/50netcfg hibernate hibernate: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules hibernate hibernate:
Unloading kernel module rfkill...Done.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/75modules hibernate hibernate: success.
Running hook /etc/pm/sleep.d/90alsa hibernate hibernate:
/etc/pm/sleep.d/90alsa hibernate hibernate: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock hibernate hibernate:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/90clock hibernate hibernate: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq hibernate hibernate:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/94cpufreq hibernate hibernate: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led hibernate hibernate:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/95led hibernate hibernate: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/98video-quirk-db-handler hibernate hibernate:
nVidia binary video drive detected, not using quirks.
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/98video-quirk-db-handler hibernate hibernate: success.
Running hook /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video hibernate hibernate:
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video hibernate hibernate: success.
Sat Aug 25 22:13:48 EDT 2012: performing hibernate
This seems to be too few information to pin point the exact cause of the problem.
What should I do to troubleshoot this problem ?

My linux installation is actually on a harddrive using SATA on a desktop. I decided to remove this harddrive and put it into an external usb enclosure. I booted this linux installation on my laptop. When doing suspend, it works as it should, which let me think this is probably not a software issue.
If it is a hardware malfunction, which hardware malfunction can be responsible of an incomplete suspend procedure as described earlier?

Satellite M30X - high hard disk drive utilization

After login in Windows XP (SP2), my toshiba laptop is very slow. The hard disk drive light is continuously on for 5 minutes. I've looked at the task manager, but CPU utilization is low and RAM usage is low. There is no program that seems to use a lot of CPU or RAM.
I've actually turned off the paging file to see if the problems due to intensive use of the paging file on the HDD, but problem persists. The model of the laptop is Satellite M30X-113.
I don't know if it's related, but this problem arose around the time that I've taken out a 256 MB RAM module and installed a 512 MB one (making the total ram memory 1024 MB).

Hi
> I don't know if it's related, but this problem arose around the time that I've taken out a 256 MB RAM module and installed a 512 MB one (making the total ram memory 1024 MB).
If this issue has begun after installation of the new memory module then I would say that the new memory module is responsible for this issue.
You could also try to put back the 256MB module to check if the issue still persist.
This would be the easiest way for checking

Dismount multiple external hard disk drives

I have multiple external hard disk drives and was wondering what the command line is that will dismount all of these at once? Note that there is also one external DVD unit as well which I would not want to dismount.
Thanks,
Lyman

diskutil unmount "/path/to/disk";diskutil unmount "/path/to/disk";diskutil unmount "/path/to/disk"
Just replace replace "/path/to/disk" with the path to the mount point, leaving the quotes.
Good luck!

How do i install photoshop elements 11 without a disk drive

I own photoshop elements 11 and have the disk but my new laptop doesn't have a disk drive. I found the software here http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/photoshop-elements-10-11-downloads.html. I downloaded the content but it wont install. The application says I need to download the rest of the content to install. The thing is I have downloaded the rest of the content. I am not sure what to do. The first large file comes in a 7z file format. I have extracted the files to see if thats what I needed to do and it still didn't work. I do need some help with this. The operating system is windows 8.1, 6 GB of ram, AMD quad core processor.

You don't need to touch the .7z file at all.
Download the .7z and the .exe file to the same folder on your hard drive
Double click the .exe file and follow the prompts

I want to get windows vista on the macbook pro with retina display but my first question is this that how do i install it without using a DVD OR CD disk drive, and my second question while installing windows vista do i have to tick mark the install win 7

hello i have a few problems and i hope somebody has a solution my first problem is that how can i install windows vista without using a disk drive and my second problem is that should i tick mark the option which says Install windows 7 while using boot camp please reply, Thanks,

When running Windows in a virtual environment Windows and OSx share your computer's resources such as RAM. Therefore your games can not use all your computer's resources when running.
If you install Windows natively then Windows and your games can and do use all your computer's resource such as RAM.
But as already said, older operating systems are not supported and will not run natively using Boot Camp Assistant. You must use Windows 7 if installing natively in Lion or Moubtain Lion.

Arch: Install to & run from External USB Hard Disk Drive (HDD)

I wanted to play with ArchLinux 2009.02, but replacing the existing Debian-Lenny on the laptop's HDD wasn't an option. So I experimented with installing Arch on an external USB Hard Disk Drive.
I have tried to make this "newbie-friendly", so I hope the more experienced will forgive the detail.
Materials:
Three year old Dell Inspiron 6000
CPU = 2.0 GHz Pentium
RAM = 2.0 GB
Internal HDD = 80 GB
Internal CD/DVD R/RW
External USB HDD = Freecom FHD-2 Pro 80 GB
Archlinux 2009.02 install CD
Steps to install:
1. I put the Archlinux install CD in the drive and connected the external 80 GB HDD in the USB port.
2. When the Dell laptop was booted, I pressed F2 to enter the BIOS setup. I edited the boot sequence to the following:
Internal CD/DVD
External USB device
Internal HDD
On the Dell, you can also press F12 to select the preferred boot device for that boot.
3. I started the laptop and the Archlinux installation menu came up and I proceeded with installation following the "Official Arch Linux Install Guide" and the "Beginners Guide".
4. Used km to change to UK keyboard layout and then began the installer script (/arch/setup). I was installing from the core CD so I skipped the network steps.
5. HDD preparation.
This was fairly straightforward with two cautions:
(a) Make very sure that the external HDD (sdb) is selected for the operations.
(b) Remember to set the Bootable Flag for the first (/) partition on the HDD.
I chose 20 GB for /, 2 GB for swap and the remainder for /home.
6. The package selection and installation was fairly straightforward.
7. Configuration of System
This was section was straightforward with one warning:
USB had to be added to the HOOKS in the /etc/mkinitcpio.conf file!
I found this to be essential for my external USB HDD to function as a bootable device. Otherwise I got the same sorts of errors relating to unrecognisable file system types that other people have reported in the forum.
The relevant line from the end of the edited /etc/mkinitcpio.conf file is below:
HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata usb filesystems"
8. Installation of GRUB was the other point where caution and/or correction was necessary.
When it asked where GRUB should be installed, I had to select sdb (my external USB HDD) and not any of the particular partitions on sdb. If the root partition sdb1 was selected then the laptop won't boot from the external USB HDD.
The GRUB /boot/grub/menu.lst as written by the installation routine specifies hd(1,0) which doesn't work when you try to reboot from the external USB HDD. When you boot Arch from the external USB HDD, as far as Arch is concerned - at that point in time - the external USB HDD is the first drive in the system. To fix this:
(a) When the Arch boot menu comes up, press e to edit the grub entries.
(b) Change the first line to hd(0,0)
(c) To the end of the kernel line add rootdelay=8
(d) Press b to boot the system with these temporary corrections.
(e) Once your Arch system has booted, edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst to make the above changes permanent.
The relevant portion of my /boot/grub/menu.lst looks like the following:
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/... ro rootdelay=8
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/... ro rootdelay=8
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
9. The laptop happily and consistently boots Arch Linux from the external USB HDD when it's plugged in before startup/booting.
Running Arch from the external USB HDD seems as quick as running Debian from the internal HDD.
So if there is a performance penalty associated with using an external USB HDD, my wife and I haven't noticed.
In summary, the three essential points to address during installation to an external USB HDD are:
Remember to set the bootable flag for the first partition.
Add USB to the HOOKS for /etc/mkinitcpio.conf file.
Correct the /etc/grub/menu.lst file.
I hope this is helpful.
Ted

Hi Rookie,
As you say, it is worth remembering the rootfstype= option for the kernel line just in case someone still has problems with GRUB after making all the other changes.
I was working with the most recent Arch 2009.2 release.
I only got messages about unrecognisable file system type when I tried booting with the "stock" or "as-installed" GRUB (before I edited /boot/grub/menu.lst). After editing /boot/grub/menu.lst to identify the drive correctly and add rootdelay, GRUB was able to do the rest and everything worked OK without any error messages.
Best wishes,
Ted

Verify physical hard disk drive health MCS 7825-H3 that installed CUCM inside it

Hi Everyone,
I have Cisco MCS 7825-3 that installed CUCM ver 6.1.1 inside it. A few days ago the system was crashed and have been recovered. And the symtomp why the system crashed is because corrupted hard disk drive. Now the system is running well.
I want to verify the health status of hard disk drive MCS 7825. The logical drive is RAID 1 with 2 chunks (channel 0,1 and channel 0,2). So that i did the test to shut down the cucm and unmount on of the physical hard disk drive. After that i power on the server and running the system with just 1 hard disk drive (example just channel 0,1 and after verify channel i do the same task with channel 0,2). With just 1 hard disk drive if i show hardware in cucm cli , it showed that status of logical drive is degraded. But the system can run well (IP Phone registered and can do pbx features). And after do verify test with 1 hard disk drive, i mount the physical hard disk drive again so that the system running with all of hard disk drive mounted (2 chunks).
At first it showed in cucm cli that status of logical drive is degraded, but with current operation rebuild (indicated RAID 1 is rebuild again by the system). After up to 1 hour the process finished and the status of logical drive is optimal again.
The question i wanna ask, is there any method to know if the health of physical hard disk drive of MCS good or not beside the task i have done ?
Maybe we can show in the BIOS or cucm cli because i didnt find diagnose of physical drive in cucm cli but it can diagnose status of RAID, hard disk space and list file in hard disk drive.
Thanks for your help.
Best Regards,
Luthfi
- See more at: https://supportforums.cisco.com/message/3871634#3871634

Hi Luthfi,
Do you find a way to check the hard drives and RAID of this CUCM server. I have also 7825-H3
Or it is as I think that I need to create remote access configuration ?
Thanks
Haitham

Verify physical hard disk drive health MCS 7825-H3

Hi Everyone,
I have Cisco MCS 7825-3 that installed CUCM ver 6.1.1 inside it. A few days ago the system was crashed and have been recovered. And the symtomp why the system crashed is because corrupted hard disk drive. Now the system is running well.
I want to verify the health status of hard disk drive MCS 7825. The logical drive is RAID 1 with 2 chunks (channel 0,1 and channel 0,2). So that i did the test to shut down the cucm and unmount on of the physical hard disk drive. After that i power on the server and running the system with just 1 hard disk drive (example just channel 0,1 and after verify channel i do the same task with channel 0,2). With just 1 hard disk drive if i show hardware in cucm cli , it showed that status of logical drive is degraded. But the system can run well (IP Phone registered and can do pbx features). And after do verify test with 1 hard disk drive, i mount the physical hard disk drive again so that the system running with all of hard disk drive mounted (2 chunks).
At first it showed in cucm cli that status of logical drive is degraded, but with current operation rebuild (indicated RAID 1 is rebuild again by the system). After up to 1 hour the process finished and the status of logical drive is optimal again.
The question i wanna ask, is there any method to know if the health of physical hard disk drive of MCS good or not beside the task i have done ?
Maybe we can show in the BIOS or cucm cli because i didnt find diagnose of physical drive in cucm cli but it can diagnose status of RAID, hard disk space and list file in hard disk drive.
Thanks for your help.
Best Regards,
Luthfi

Hi Luthfi,
Do you find a way to check the hard drives and RAID of this CUCM server. I have also 7825-H3
Or it is as I think that I need to create remote access configuration ?
Thanks
Haitham

External Blue Ray Disk Drive and T61, Or is one available for the Ultra Bay yet?

Hello All,
I was wondering if anyone has a Blue Ray Disk Drive connected to there T61? Can the T61 handle a Blue Ray Disk Drive? The reason I am asking is because I was thinking of getting one for my T61 and then playing Blue Ray movies thru my LCD TV, the LCD TV being monitor #2. Would the quality be as good as a normal Blue Ray player that is hooked to the TV? My graphics card is Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M. Thank you for in advance for any advice on this.
Cheers,
Singtoh
7663-A22,T61 14.1 Wide,T7300 2.0gig processor, 4 gig RAM, 500gig Seagate Hybrid HDD, 200gig Ultra Bay HDD, Ubuntu 64 Bit.

Hi Singtoh,
Check whether following is compatible with your T61:-
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=38&Code=43R9150&current-category-id=9B7E41BDCE704020B8E567C67D3FA082&model-number=2713&ProductName=ThinkPad%20laptops&SeriesName=R500&ModelNumber=2713
To check whether your T61 can handle it, download the proceeding BD advisor:- http://www.cyberlink.com/stat/bd-support/enu/index.jsp
Hope it helps.
Maliha (I don't work for lenovo)
ThinkPads:- T400[Win 7], T60[Win 7], IBM 240[Win XP]
IdeaPad: U350
Apple:- Macbook Air [Snow Leopard]
Did someone help you today? Compliment them with a Kudos!
Was your question answered today? Mark it as an Accepted Solution!
Lenovo Deutsche Community Lenovo Comunidad en Español
Visit my YouTube Channel

Resurrecting dead disk drive?

I have apparently experienced my first disk drive failure in 22+ years of Mac ownership! Of course I thought I had a complete backup of it, but now that it has failed I can't locate the backup so I may have inadvertantly overwritten it or it is in an archive that I haven't located yet. (This was OS 10.2.8, installed on an 80 GB internal, that I wasn't using much anymore) Computer is a G4 DA model with 2 internal drives, 896 MB RAM, DVD burner, now running 10.4.8.
I got the computer up and running reliably by installing a new drive in place of the troubled drive and cloning my working 10.4 installation from an external firewire drive to the new internal drive. I still would like to use 10.2.8 every once in a while until I get all of my apps updated to 10.4 and I would like to take one last look at the contents of that drive to see what was on it and be sure that there was nothing important. I don't know if I want to go to all the trouble of reinstalling 10.2.8 on another drive, so I was hoping there was some way I could clone the failing drive. I don't want to go to the expense of sending it to a data recovery company.
What are my options to see if there is any way I can read the drive? In the days before I gave up on the drive and installed another it did appear a couple of times on the desktop, but I was unable to access the contents. All other boots, it did not show up, and I couldn't get it to appear in any disk utility programs. (Disk Utility run from Tiger Install disk, TechTools, Disk Warrior, Drive Genius.) I was thinking I might get a new external firewire/USB drive enclosure and put the drive in there and see if I could possibly read it that way if it hasn't failed 100%. The ORIGINAL Apple/Maxstor 40 GB drive is still installed and working (OS 9.2). The drive that failed was a Feb 2002 IBM Deskstar 80 GB ATA/IDE drive. I did not upgrade the internal drive controller, so it is still the original with 137 GB limit. Since one drive works but the other failed, does that mean it is likely that the drive is non-recoverable, or is there some chance it could possibly work in an external enclosure?

Hi, TripleChime -
It's hard to know what might have gone wrong with the drive without being there.
Have you confirmed that none of the jumpers on the drive have become dislodged? Usually, though, if that were the case no drive on that bus would be available.
If the drive spins up, you may be able to recover the data from it with minimal expense. These two utilities are designed to recover data from drives which are mechanically sound, but which just won't mount for unknown reasons -
Data Rescue
Virtual Lab
Both of those are avialable in either OS 9 or OSX versions. They work best in a multi-drive Mac, since a working, writeable drive is needed as a place to put the recovered files.
If the drive fails to spin up, things are gloomier. That indicates serious, usually fatal, mechanical problems.
One such that can happen and from whic recovery may be possible is called 'stiction' - the platters stick (bad bearings, or such) at power up, and won't start turning. This can sometimes be temporarily overcome by giving the drive a hard rap while it is powered. If the drive then spins up, data may be able to be recovered from it using normal means (drive mounts and is accessibnle by Finder), or by using one of the utilities I posted above. Don't trust a drive which has experienced stiction; be ready - if it does spin up, you may have only that one session in which to recover data.
Usually, though, if a drive does not spin up the only way to recover the data is to use the services of a commercial data recovery firm. One such is DriveSavers. The services of such firms is not cheap.

9.2.1 upgrade - hard disk driver prob.

Hi all,
System
PowerPC G4 dig audio dual533
768mb ram
40gb HD - 9.1OS
120gb HD - OSX tiger
I have installed a 2nd hand 120Gb HD which I totally erased writing 0's over it then partitioned (1) MacOS extended.
Loaded OSX tiger onto it and all is sweet no problems at all and loving the new interface!
Now the problem is I want to use my Illust9 & Phsop6 on the old 40gb HD which is running OS9.1.
Tried to access one of the progs via Tiger, classic started up and basically hung on the startup screen so I had to cancel it. That is when the problems started.
I booted up the OS9.1 drive and lost use of my enternet300 adsl internet connection. Reloaded adsl software, didn't fix. Also missing Quicktime VR plus tried using Illust9 and got systems error of controls trip extension. A few other things seemed to go wrong as well.
Read somewhere that it was highly rec to upgrade to 9.2.2 to utilise the classic environment effectively.
As I had lost my internet connection on the old HD I downloaded the Mac OS 9.2.1 Update.smi, Mac OS 9.2.2 Update.smi and HardDriveUpdate1.smi files from my Tiger HD.
Back to the OS9.1 HD to install the updates and it comes up with.....
The hard disk driver on the disk "PowerMac G4 Install" cannot be updated with this program because the disk is not an Apple hard disk. Contact the manufacturer of your computer or hard disk to see if you need to update the driver.
After alot of stuffing around I have done the following in this order.
after each one it didn't fix the problem
1. OS9.1 software restore in place
2. OS9.1 software restore clean install
3. Erased HD and initilised 1 part partition using OS9.1 software install CD
then installed new OS9.1 by booting up from install CD
4. Erased HD and initilised 1 part partition using OSX tiger software install DVD from 120gb HD, then installed new OS9.1 by booting up from install CD
thinking this would sort the driver problem but no go.
same problem when trying to upgrade to 9.2.1!!!!!!!!!!!
any ideas?
40gb HD is a IBM-IC35L040AVER07-0
appreciated
PowerPC G4 digital audio dp533 Mac OS X (10.4.5)
PowerPC G4 digital audio dp533 Mac OS X (10.4.5)
PowerPC G4 digital audio dp533 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

OK,
I have Erased the 40gbHD and erased, initilised it with a 1 part partition using disk utility from the OSX tiger on the 120gb HD, then installed a new OS9.1 by booting up from the OS9.1 install CD.
Used the 9.2.1 upgrade which was downloaded from Apple.
Followed thier instructions in the read me file by
turning extensions to 9.1 base
make sure file sharing is off (wasn't on in the first place)
then restarted
no other apps running and straight into starting the upgrade
started the install process
unchecked the option to update driver
starts to install goes for about 6% and then the box comes up with......
This version of Mac OS can not be installed over the localized version of Mac OS on the disk named "XXXXXXX XXXXX".
Please choose a different destination disk, or perform a clean installation.
SURELY IT CAN"T BE THIS HARD TO UPGRADE FROM 9.1 to 9.2.1 to 9.2
COME ON APPLE help me out here!!!!! FFS!
can't do a clean install, haven't got the disks!!!!!

RAM Disks on Mac OS 10.5

I had a hard time finnding info on RAM disks in OS X so I am posting it here for anyone it might help.
Mac OS X has the ability to create a RAM disk built in just like OS 9. Unfortunately, Apple decided to remove this feature from the GUI. Here is how to do it via the command line:
diskutil erasevolume HFS+ "RAM disk" `hdiutil attach -nomount ram://4629672`
This will create a 2.2GB RAM disk, which is the maximum size. If you want to create more than one replace the "RAM disk" with "RAM disk2", "RAM disk3", and so on.
If you don't like dealing with the command line you can use Esperance DV which is freeware. It also has some nice features like restoring at startup and automatically moving the Safari cache to the RAM disk.
Benefits:
Anything that uses a scratch disk will benefit form a RAM disk. Video and image processing times will be greatly improved. Rendering 3D objects will be much faster.
Any program that requires a lot of real-time disk access will benefit from faster seek times.
It reduces power consumption. If you watch a movie on a plane, put it on a RAM disk. It will save your battery life.
Security is improved. Anything on the disk at shutdown is gone forever, no need to wipe the disk.
Increases your hard disk life. The less you use your hard disks the longer they last. The more you use a RAM disk the less you use your hard disk. Hence, the more you use a RAM disk the longer your HD will last.
Risks:
It works like any other drive +so long as the computer is running+. If you lose power or shut down the machine you lose whatever was on the disk forever.
To state the obvious: it uses up some of your RAM.
Finally let me say there are a lot of technical details I left out in describing the benefits, none of which affect the basic points that RAM is faster, more secure, and uses less power than a HD.

Slow down a bit and think this through.
CUPS on linux is nearly identical to CUPS on OS X - but there is no Mac-to-Mac Apple proprietary print sharing. Rather, on linux you are sharing the printer using standard printing protocols. Just like on the Mac (when using the standard protocols like Windows/SMB or IP printing), linux print queues expect postscript input. Try using a generic postscript driver from the mac.
And when you add the printer via Windows Printing or IP > LPD or IPP, you will need to know the queue name for that printer from the linux box. (one computer with one IP address can have multiple printers - so what's the additional address info to print to your desired printer? - queue name.)
HTH

Unmount Ram disk drives

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for