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.
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