What if you drag it to the trash. Does that do the job? > > From: Dan Crutcher <dcrutcher at loumag.com> > Date: 2006/07/03 Mon PM 03:20:04 EDT > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: MacGroup: Disk mount/unmount problem > > On our office network there is a particular disk -- an external > Firewire drive attached to an eMac -- that if mounted on a remote > computer cannot be unmounted. Here's a description of what happens: > > 1. Disk (let's call it Drive A) is accessed over the network from, > say, my PowerBook. It appears on my desktop as expected and I am able > to copy files to and from it. After I'm finished using Drive A, I > select it and press Cmd-E to "eject" or unmount it. I notice that it > does not immediately go away, so I try to click on it and then it > does disappear. However, if I open up a new window (with the side > panel open so I can see mounted drives), Drive A is still listed in > that window as being mounted, even though it does not show up on the > Desktop. > > I try clicking on the "disconnect" icon in the side panel and nothing > happens. > > If I go to the computer that this drive is physically attached to and > try to unmount it there, I get the message "this disk is in use and > could not be ejected." If I run Disk Utility on it, I get "Repairing > disk failed with error Could not unmount disk." Other network users > are unable to access the disk. The only way I can find to make the > disk usable again is to restart the computer it's attached to. > > Has anyone else run into this problem, or have any ideas about > possible causes/solutions? > > Thanks. > > Dan > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be June 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | 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> >
| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be June 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | 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>
