>Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: >> A process named mds running at Root is taking 99% of the CPU on my >> Dual 500 GigE. > > >> This is my fault for not running AHT immediately after my System > > Crashed a week ago.
Clip: > > >> My immediate problem is the mds Process using all the CPU and the >> curious fact that Disk Utility will neither Test, Repair or erase the >> 250G or the 420G drives and reports they cannot be Unmounted. I have > > Shut down and restarted several time with no change in that report. Clip > > Can some one tell me how to get out of this mess? I would like to >> start over with clean OS10.4.11 Systems. And I will get at least one >> External large HD for Xmas. A day I hope you all enjoy. >> >> ErnieG >> >> >mds is Spotlight indexing your drive(s). > >Leave it for an hour or so, and it should finish. > >Can't remember offhand where the Spotlight index is to be found, but if >it's corrupt (not unknown) no doubt a real guru will reply telling you. > >You can stop it by dragging your drive(s) to the privacy section (dont >index) of the Spotlight control panel in System Preferences - but that >will stop searches. Thanks Ted; It ran for 3 or 4 hours then I shut down over night and today it is still indexing(?). I tried dragging the drives to the Spotlight Panel , both the Icon in System Preferences and the open panel with no effect. The Drive Icons just snapped back to original positions. I will re-download Onyx and run some scripts. ErnieG --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
