At 1:27 PM -0800 1/4/2009, Amanda Ward wrote: >Maxtor OneTouch 4P 250 GB external drive >Sawtooth running X 10.5.6. > >Disk Utility says it can't "unmount" the drive and I can't eject it >because "The drive is in use.
If there isn't an obvious app touching the mounted volumes, then it's probably Spotlight. Disable the indexing on that drive - then DU should be able to dismount it. sudo mdutil -i off /Volumes/thatproblemvolume - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
