I now have all my HDDs connected and working, in part, because that is not always the case.
Q 1: Sometimes, they do not mount. Sometimes, they mount, with a warning that a HDD unreadable by OSX is trying to mount. Sometimes, sometimes, they do not mount (with the same warning). Q 2: TechTool shows nothing that seems relevant, tho now, I cannot use TechTool, because the HDDs "are being used and will not unmount." Q 3: Perhaps unrelated, a file I want to trash will not go gently into that night, because a program is using it. However, no program is using it, and it has survived several start-ups. ResEdit (OS9) reveals that the file is somehow coded "in use," but ResEdit cannot change that code. What to do? Q 4: TechTool lets me journal HDDs and partitions. Does journaling mess things up? Q5: I now have mounted 5 partitions comprising two external HDDs, + the internal HDD. The first HDD in the daisy chain shuts down (stays cool) when I have not used it for 10 minutes, but the 2nd runs 24/7. What to do? Nelson -- | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
