>At 7:21 PM -0800 12/20/2008, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote:
Snip:
>
> >Does the:
>>
>>>sudo mdutil -i off /Volumes/*
>>>sudo mdutil -E /Volumes/*
>>>sudo mdutil -i on /Volumes/*
>>
>>fix the Un-mountable Volumes?
>
>No. Those commands only deal with the Spotlight indices on
>functioning mounted volumes.
Snip:
>Sometimes Spotlight gets a death grip on a volume. Very annoying.
>Do the "mdutil -i off" command to disable the indexing. Then try
>Disk Utility. If it still has problems, then try booting into Safe
>Mode (shift key held down) to run Disk Utility, or boot from your OS
>X DVD...
>
>HTH,
>- Dan.
>- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth
>
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Thank you Dan,
Success!
The response to all of the above suggestions was:
Terminal commands:
Admins-Computer:~ Admin$ sudo mdutil -i off /Volumes/*
Password:
/Volumes/250GigSATA:
Could not set indexing status for volume.
/Volumes/424GSATA:
Could not set indexing status for volume.
/Volumes/Kingston1GMac:
Could not set indexing status for volume.
/Volumes/Saved10.4.11:
Could not set indexing status for volume.
Admins-Computer:~ Admin$
Booting with Shift Key down:
Passed POST ( got Chime)
Spinning gear completed.
Grow Bar competed.
Desk Top came up and immediately after, the computer shut down.
Booted from a OS 10.3.9 Disk and ran Desk Utility. I don't have a
bootable 10.4 DVD.
Disk utility reported the 250G Repaired .
the 424G Volume was not completely Repaired.
Saved10.4.11 was reported as Repaired.
Booted from Saved10.4.11 and everything was still in error.
Indexing still taking 98% CPU.
the other two Volumes still won't un mount when running DU in 10.4.11.
I continued using the computer for about 3 hours.
At this point (4AM), I Shutdown. I think I shutdown, at least I meant
to shutdown but today when I booted I was asked to Log In, which I
did as Admin. I may have clicked on the bottom choice of Log Out
instead of Shutdown
Checked Activity Monitor and it was running 5-9% with nothing else running.
Ran DU and the two Volumes un mounted and mounted and all Verified.
Now I can get a 10.4 Install DVD and a large external FW HD.
Thank you again,
ErnieG
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